POVERTY WAR: POOR MUST TAKE PART See Editorial Page Y Seventy-Five Years of Editorial Freedom 43Ia1F VERY COLD High--10 Low- -10 ,. Fair today, turning cloudy tonight VOL. LXXVI, No.104- ANN ARBOR- MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29--1966SEVEN CENTS SIX PAGES 'Class Rank, Tests To Decide Classification By ROBERT MOORE f Local draft boards will use class rank and the score on a nation- wide test to determine who gets student deferments, Gen. Lewis Hershey, director of the National Selective Service System said yesterday. The new system will be used *for deferments next fall, Hershey said. The first tests will be given in May or June. Under the new system, similar to the deferment policy used be- tween 1951 and 1963, either a stu- dent's grade on a Selective Service national test or his ranking in his college, or both, will be used as criteria in classifying him. The final decision will be up to the local board, by law; but the Selec- tive service System will supply "guidelines." The test will be voluntary; a student who feels that he would rank too low in his class for a deferment but still deserves one could take the test. Students at the University who rank in the bottom half of their class would probably take the test for that reason. A passing test score under the old system was 70 for a student to be considered for deferment for a regular college course and 80 for a graduate student, except that a grade of 70 was acceptable for graduate students in the heal- ing arts. Hershey said he will announce guidelines for acceptable class ranking soon. The guidelines used in the 1951 deferment program stipulated that a student at the end of his first year of college should rank in the upper half of his class; at the end of his second year in the upper two-thirds; and at the end of his third year in the upper three-fourths of his class. If Hershey elected to use those same guidelines in the present system, then a literary college student would be considered satis- factory is he had a 2.74 at the end of his first year, a 2.62 after his second year, and a 2.65 after his third year. (These figures are based upon counselling office data for the literary college in 1964- 65.) Vice-President of Academic Af- fairs Allen Smith said he "assumed the University will cooperate with the draft boards." Smith said that the right of a student to withhold his transcript of grades from his local boards, which Smith had recently affirm- ed, would probably not extend to withholding his rank in class, as long as class rank was a required part of deferment policy. Peter DiLorenzi, president of Voice Political Party, said the Selective Service System's move was "un- democratic," since deferments would go to "the competive, and the economic, socially and racially privileged," thus penalizing the underprivileged, the uncompetitive and the individually creative." "The testing system reinforces the values most objectionable in our society," DiLorenzi said. He said that he would introduce a resolution at the next Voice meeting asking that the University refuse to give grades or class rankings to the draft boards with- out the student's personal request and that the University should discourage students from taking the test. In his announcement, Hershey said he had reached his decision after consultation with other gov- ernment agencies an leading edu- cational associations. He has been holding meetings with various edu- cational groups since Jan. 9. Negotiations have already been initiated with testing agencies, Hershey said, and the student cer- tificate which schools submit toE local boards is being revised to! include class standings. Hershey has said he would hope to work things out so that there could be one or two Selective Serv- ice qualification tests before the end of this school year and pos- sibly four during the first year of operation of the new procedure. He told a news conference last week he had no idea what the monthly draft calls will be next year, but added that "30,000 a month as a diet is too great for us" when asked if a draft of col- lege students would be needed. The budget sent to Congress this week by President Johnson put m a n p o w e r requirements through the draft during the year beginning July 1 at 160,000, com- pared with an estimated 360,000 to be inducted during this fiscal year. The March draft call is 32,900 compared with 29,400 for Febru- ary, 38,230 for January and 45,229 for December. The old test passed approxi- mately65 per cent of the college students who took it. Fifty-three per cent of the freshmen, 62 per cent of the sophomores, and 71 per cent of the juniors passed it. according to Educational Testing Service figures for one test sample made in 1951. The results varied widely, how- ever, between schools. At one col- lege, only 35 per cent passed it, while at another, 98 per cent had a passing mark. The test was weighted toward the natural sciences. Among fresh- men engineers, 68 per cent passed it while in the general art, only 48 per cent passed it. A report published in 1951 re- ported that many of those who took the testawere enabled, through it, to get a student deferment even though they would,,not have gotten one through the class-rank criterion. I i ury 'inds rotestors suilty Restoration Of ' Funds 'Not Likely' Legislator Indicates University Relations With State Strained By MARK LEVIN Hopes that the State Legislature will restore the large chunk of University appropriations cut out by Gov. George Romney in his 1966-67 budget are dim, according to Lansing sources. -For the 1965-66 budget, the Legislature appropriated consider- ably more funds than the governor had requested. However, "this year," as one legislator said, "the University has not engendered very much good will in the Legis- lature by some of its actions and attitudes. The chances for any sizeable increases being granted above the governor's recommen- dations," the legislator continued, "are slim." The University had requested from the governor over $65 mil- lion, but received only $56 million. For any additional funds over the governor's budget requests, the University must look to the Legis- lature for any assistance. Little Change Sen. Garland Lane (D-Flint), * chairman of the Senate appropria- tions committee, commented that the Legislature would have to live within its means this session. "We will begin to hold extensive hear- ings," Lane continued, "in about two weeks. However, I don't feel the final state budget will vary over a million dollars either from what the Governor has requested." Rep. Jack Faxon (D-Detroit), chairman of the House subcom- mittee on education, said that "it is incumbent on the University to demonstrate need to the Legis- lature, before any increases can be granted." Faxon added that the University will have to treat the Legislature on equal terms, showing explicitly where the University is in need of additional funds. Faxon said that "the failure of the' governor to 4 give the University the funds it requested should not mean a tui- tion increase. There are many alternatives for saving money, which last summer the University did not look into," Faxon said, referring to last summer's tuition hike. * "It is not the desire of the Legislature, Faxon concluded, "to keep the University expanding, while other state colleges have not taken in their full enrollment." Budget "Realistic" Rep. Marvin Esch (R-Ann Arbor) labeled the Governor's bud- get as "realistic." He commented that since there was no tax reform in the last session of the Legis- lature, there is only a limited supply of appropriations to be granted. " ere must be a break- through," sch added, "if the University is to receive any greater i What's New At, 764-1817 Hotline Christopher Cohen, '67L, is investigating the possibility of a course evaluation system being established at the law school. "We hope to present the proposal to the lawyer's club board of directors for their approval as soon as possible," Cohen said. The board of directors is the student governing body of the law school. The proposal will probably also be subject to review by the law school faculty, Cohen added. * * * * The University Activities Center's 1966 World Fair opened last night at the Union with a ceremony attended by University President Harlan Hatcher, Ann Arbor Mayor Wendell Hulcher, and Sir James Easton, consulate general of Great Britain. The fair continues today from 1 p.m. until 1 a.m. Variety shows will be presented at 7, 9, and 11 p.m. A special free children's show will also be presented at 4 p.m. Angell Hall escaped possible serious fire damage yesterday by the quick action of a student who soused a dust mop smolder- ing in a first floor janitor's closet. Daren Jean Otis, '68, tracked the burning odor to its source and put out the mop, which had been resting on a heating pipe, by dousing it in a sink. John Manning, administrative assistant to the dean of the literary college, said that everyone on the first floor had noticed the odor but apparently no one had been able to trace it. There was a chance that Angell Hall might have been destroyed had not Miss Otis acted when she did, Manning said. .Long Distance The attempt of Stewart Albert, organizer of a free university in Berkeley, California, to use an old three-story house for classes seems to have been thwarted by the landowner, Nicholas Landsmann. Albert had been trying to assemble a faculty of 20 to open a free university next month and had hoped to use the rooming house for classes in communism and radical activism. Yesterday Landsmann squashed the idea. "There will be nothing of that sort. Nobody' will be allowed to have groups, Communists especially," he said, adding that the building is strictly a rooming house for University of California students. The Michigan Senate has passed a resolution that would establish a branch of the University of Wayne State's law school in Lansing. Under the provisions of the resolution, jointly intro- duced by Sen. Raymond Dezendzel (D-Detroit) and Sen. Emil Lockwood (R-St. Louis), the law school branch would be primarily for legislators to take courses in law. The resolution stated that the University and Wayne State both had "a deserved reputation as being outstanding law schools in the country and of possessing the finest faculties of legal experts in the country." Sen. Edward Robinson (D-Dearborn) said that "since the University does not have a night school, their professors could commute to Lansing each night." "MSU should have a law school and perhaps some day it will," he added, "but until then we have to go to the University and Wayne." --Daily-Andy Sacks TWENTY-NINE PROTESTORS ARRESTED last Oct. 15 during a sit-in at the Ann Arbor draft board were found guilty of trespassing yesterday and will be sentenced Tuesday. Defense Attorney Ernest Goodman (left) announced that he will file an appeal in district court next week. Walter Krasny, right, deputy chief of police, was one of the major prosecution witnesses at this week's trial. PROGRAM PLANNED: lEG, Panhel Try New Approach To Ai1d ZTA Me -mbershi Dritve,- To File Next Appeal with Detroit Court Judge Rejects Legal Argument Based on Nuremburg Decision By ROGER RAPOPtORT A jury took 20 minutes yester- day afternoon in Washtenaw County Circuit Court to convict 29 student protestors of trespass- ing in a Viet Nam protest sit in October 15 at the Ann Arbor draft board. The students, who are out on $100 bond, will be sentenced Tuesday by Judge James R. Breakey Jr. Defense Attorney Ernest Good- man said he will file an appeal with the State District Court of Appeals in Detroit early next week. The defendants were appealing an earlier conviction in Ann Ar- bor municipal court. Goodman, who was beseiged by objections throughout the, three- day long trial, was unable to pre- sent his planned defense or deal with the motivations of the pro- testors. New Concept of Law "I didn't really expect they would allow the development of a new concept of law in these circumstances," commented the defense attorney after thedei- sion. He referred to the court's resection of his legal argument based on the Nuremburg Decision of 1946. "It requires a little more feeling and a little more willingness I'm hopeful we will find a court that will find this argument proper." Goodman's brief had contended that the individual's moral re- sponsibility to protest government activities he finds are immoral justifies the use of nonviolent protest tactics. In his concluding argument Goodman had told the jury, "While the 'rights of property owners are important they are not sacred. I ask you merely to con- sider the nature of the protestors claim." "These students are a different breed . . . they reflect a genera- tion that faces problems we did not," said Goodman. "It is a little difficult for those of my age to understand this. In our day it was more customary for college students to engage in social activities. "All I ask is that you keep in mind the nature of a student in a democratic society facing the problems of that society. And 'I ask you to keep in mind the difference between our lives, in passing judgement on them." Concluding Argument In his concluding arguments, Prosecutor Delhey interpreted the trespass law as meaning, "Get out when you are told to get out. He said that, "While the offense here is not as serious as many brought into court, it is still serious. There were 13,000 confi- dential records in the office. "They took the law into their nwn hnAe o. fihn+., a -il -+,ap.. By KATHRYN EDELMAN Zeta Tau Alpha, with the sup- port of Panhellenic Association and the Inter-Fraternity Council will launch its unique expansion program on Saturday, Feb. 6 to boost its present smal member- ship to the Panhel quota of 65 women. Instead of the standard rush situation, members of ZTA and various sororities will meet per- sonally with an expected five to six hundred interested girls and hold open discussions about soror- ity living. At present the ZTA house is physically the smallest on campus and can house a maximum of only 40 girls. With the building by the national ZTA chapter of a new annex to accommodate 25 more girls and with about 14 girls graduating at the end of this semester, by next fall there will be openings for more than 40 new members. Suffered in Rushes Too often in past rushes, ZTA has suffered from the small house stigma, and its membership has decreased to the present 34. Dur- ing the recent spring rush, there was only one new pledge. Because Panhel girls, transfers from other schools who cannot be accommodated by their own sororities, have filled house vacan- cies, there has been no real dan- ger of the extinction of the chapter. But the the new annex,E more girls will be needed to allow for a better chapter, Dorothy Robling, '67, president of ZTA, commented last night. "The whole idea of the expan- sion program is tremendous and exciting. It is giving us the chance to make the chapter what we would like it to be," said Miss Robling. "We can come back next semester with as little as 10 or 15 pledges-but with less we would be forced to leave." Won't Leave According to Laura Fitch, '66, president of Panhel, "ZTA prob- ably wouldn't leave campus. Every effort of the sorority and Panhel- lenic is being put into this ex- pansion program to build up mem- bership now. We are trying to conduct an ideal rush-what we thought would appeal to the wom- en of this campus." Panhel began plans for the ex- pansion last fall, with the main goals being the unification of the sorority and fraternity systems. Miss Fitch explained that Panhel was aware of what had been done to expand sororities on other campuses, but the plans here call for some important differences: no alumni will be interviewing rushees and the main emphasis will be on the open discussions to run a more honest and concrete sity and will speak, along with Sigma Pi alumna, to interested men. "If this idea works and has the kind of cooperation needed, there is no limit to how healthy and how good the simple program of expansion could be," said Hoppe last night. Last year, there was some specu- lation to the continuation of Al- pha Omicron Pi and Kappa Delta sororities, but according to Miss Fitch, they took in a sufficient pledge class this spring, and do not need to conduct similar ex- pansion programs. Has Financial Strength ZTA only needs members. It has the financial strength of its na- tional chapter to build its annex and the campus support of all sororities and fraternities. Accord- ing to Pam Swart, '66, the com- pletely unique rush program should interest many girls. A com- plete schedule of events has been publshed to explain the method of rush. Girls from all classes are wel- come if they can meet the mini- mum requirements of a 2.0 overall average and a 12-hour course load this semester. Second semester freshmen and sophomores are es- pecially desired. The entire rush period will last one week. beginning with an in- HERMAN STOPS 37: Wolverines Starve Of f Late Tech Rally By DALE SIELAFF The Wolverines double loss to North Dakota last week now takes on added significance for three teams, as Michigan's icers tighten- ed up the WCHA race with a 3-2 win at the Coliseum last night, in what was termed the "most excit- --- __ _ _f ., n1 enough after the game. "It was certainly a big win. They're dan- gerous every time they come here, but we got more than they did. They had a lot of chances, but they weren't as, effective as they might have been." Took the Advantages Tech Cnah .Thn MacInnes. overwhelming d i f f e r e n c e, but enough to indicate that Michigan Tech seemed to hold the edge, de- spite the final score. After making several sliding saves in the opening stanza, Best was beaten by Bob Baird, who re- captured the lead in goals scored with 14 on the season. at 8:27. get the most single period action he's had all year, making 18 saves. Several power plays on both sides netted no scoring, and Tech picked up its first goal with both teams at full strength, while Barry MacDonald was serving a 10-min- ute misconduct for bumping the ref.