THE DISMISSAL OF CLARK KERR See editorial page Y ix i l Iait CLOUDY High-45 Low-30 Warming trend, no rain Seventy-Six Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVII, No. 95 ANN AARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1967 SEVEN CENTS EIGHT PAGES G * * Reactions Are Shock And Dismay Davis Students Hold 'Love In' to Show j Feelings for President By RON KLEMPNER Reaction at the University in California to the dismissal of the University of California's Presi- dent Clark Kerr was one of shock and surprise. Professor Philip Selznick, chair- man of the sociology department at Berkeley, summed up the sen- timents of many when he said, "Everyone is shocked and sad to see Kerr leave, We opposed him at times, but no one can deny all that he accomplished. "It appears to be a ruthless act on the part of the Board of Re- gents. Not so much in the fact itself' that Kerr left. It was felt by many that eventually he would resign as a result of undue press- ures, but the abrupt manner in wihich he was dismissed, and the Regents' appearent response to outside pressure is extremely shocking. It just doesn't sound like the procedure that any digni- fiel board would follow" Immediate Effect Kerr's dismissal took effect im- mediately, and many influential administrators at Berkeley ad- mited that they had no idea who their next president would be. Richard L. Cultre, vice-president for student affairs, said, "I hope and pray that it doesn't happen here, too.' Cutler who was a fac- ulty member at Berkeley ten years ago said that he assumed that Berkeley's chancellor, Roger Heyns, is being considered as a candidate to replace President Hatcher, but that the actions of the California regents was an un- precedented action, and he had no idea of how this would affect Heyns. Common Skeptism A political science professor re- flected a common note of skep- ticism among California faculty members, when he said, "Obvious- ly'the regents have caved in under the pressure of Reagan. There is displeasure on all campuses, and the future doesn't look good." ' In referring to talk of an exo- duc of faculty and teaching fel- lows from California, he said, "There is a great deal of appre- hension, and these events do not reassure nervous members of the faculty." Meanwhile, students at the Davis campus were holding a "love rally" at nine o'clock to show their appreciation of all that Kerr has done. One student sum- med up the sentiments of the day when he said, "that bastard sold us out, but I kind of liked him." A student spokesman at Davis said that six faculty members have already left their campus, and added that there is a good possibility that several if not all the chancellor's will resign. Savio Speaks Another frmer student, Mario Savio, had harsher words for Kerr when he said, "Good riddance to bad rubbish. The multiversity is dead, long live the university." AioCaieDismissed Araig FourT Cinema GildaderTs After 14.8 --__-- - Utlilif QLIQ EIh J '~ JanuaC1ry 301 NEWS WIRE-Examinatioi __ - -'U' Regents, Do iNot ni THE FORD FOUNDATION has donated $230,000 to support intensified studies of Chinese and Japanese languages at the University and 10 other schools. The three year grant will help continue cooperative programs in Far Eastern languages. NEARLY HALF OP THE 3.8 MILLION students who entered the ninth grade this fall probably will go to college, but only one in five is likely to stay around long enough to win a degree, says a U.S. Office of Education study. The department says about 2.9 million of the 9th graders or 77 per cent may graduate from high school. About 1.7 million or 44 per cent will probably enter college. About 780,00 or '21 per cent, may win a four year bachelor's degree. Still the figures indicate a slight decrease in the dropout rate. In 1956 only 460,000 or 17 per cent of the 2.7 million high school freshmen went on to bachelor's degrees in college. * * * ABOUT 750 MEN registered for fraternity rush this semester, down about 19 per cent from the same period last year. But IFC ruch chairman Harold Kaplan, 68 said the figure is still "the third largest winter rush in history." He added that "a larger percentage of those registering actually rushed then last year." The decline in rush came in the face of an Office of Student Affairs report that fraternity membership jumped 17 per cent to 2,721 during the fall term. WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE Leslie Fiedler will speak Sunday night at Cinema Guild on the film censorship issue, not tonight as had been scheduled. The discussion will follow the 9 pm. showing of "Monsieur Verdoux." U.S. SUPREME COURT JUDGE Tom C, Clark has selected Larry Nichols, Grad, as one of his two law clerks for the October 1967 term. FALSE DRAFT CARDS are being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Irvestigation at the University of Maryland. An article in the Diamondback, the school paper, said that at least 50 copies of false draft cards had been made by a student and sold to friends at $5 each. Falsifying a draft card is a Federal offense and can bring a $10,000 fine and up to five years in prison upon conviction, FREE TUITION FOR STATE UNIVERSITIES has been proposed as a solution to rising tuition costs by an Indiana educator. M, M. Chambers, professor of higher education at In- diana University made his appeal following reports of rising tuition and other costs at most state universities and colleges. A cost survey was made at the opening session of a joint meeting of the National Association of Land Grant Colleges and the As- sociation of State Colleges and Universities in Washington. The survey showed increases of as much as ten per cent in stu- dent costs, 'the largest increases being in out-of-state tuition charges. Chambers said that most state schools were originally intended to provide tuition free education. THIE U.S. NAVY SURFACE and Aviation Officers will visit the University of Michigan Campus on 23 through 25 January 1967. The teams will be in the Student Activities Building from 9:00 AM.-4:00 P.M., and will give out information about Com- missioned Officer Programs for college students and graduates. Officer Qualification Tests will be administered during this period. Examinations for the Women Officer Programs last one hour; for the male Surface and Aviation Programs, one and a half hours and three hours respectively, Tests will entail no obligation, Discuss Film Seizure At Public Meeting By ROGER RAPOPORT Four Cinema Guild leaders were arraigned in Ann Arbor Municipal ; Court yesterday on charges of committing a misdemeanor by showing an "obscene, lewd, filthy, and indecent motion picture." The film, "Flaming Creatures" was seized by police during a showing on campus Wednesday night. Preliminary examination for the four defendants, the film society's advisor Hubert Cohen, a professor 'of engineering English, and three student leaders of the group, . Mary Barkey, '68, Elliott Barden, '68, and Ellen Frank, '68, was set! ARRAIGNED for Jan. 30 in Municipal Court. Guild leaders They were all released on per- f engineerin sonal recognizance which elmi- o noted the need to post cash bond. After the preliminary hearing the case is expected to go to l Washtenaw County Circuit Court for trial. Maximum sentence for violating the state obscenity law (lE is a year in jail and a $1,000 fine. er The University Regents did not discuss the Cinema Guild issue at their regular public meeting yes- By PAT O terday. S t u d e n t Government A broad segme Council had asked the school to' community and provide legal aid for Cinema Guild voiced dismay y in a resolution passed Thursday; seizure of the night. Creatures" by th Board Vote ReagandReortedly Favored Firing But Denies Voting By STEVE WILDSTROM Clark Kerr was fired as Presi- dent of the University of Califor- nia by the school's Regents in a surprise move yesterday. The Regents voted 14-8 to dis- miss Kerr immediately from his $45,000 post as head of the 87,000 student, nine-campus school y Kerr's tenures~ was not publicly scheduled as an issue at the meet- ing called to discuss the school's financial difficulties. However, ac- cording to Governor Ronald Rea- gan the firing came after presi- dent Ken:z allegedly pressed the board for alvote of confidence during the Regents meeting. Reagan Surprised Reagan, who sits on the board of regents as ar ex-officion mem- ber, reportedly left the meeting aboutan hour before the vote to dismiss Kerr. On arrival at the Los Angeles airport, he expressed surprise at the firing but said "I think the Regents acted in a re- sponsible manner. However, in a -Daily-Thomas R. Copi IN MUNICIPAL COURT on obscenity charges yesterday afternoon were Cinema Mary Barkey, '68, Elliot Barden, '68, the group's advisor Hubert Cohen; an instructor g English, and Ellen Frank, '68, mmuny11 Vo1es Dismay Campus Ar Film SeZure 'DONOHLUE ent the University faculty members esterday over the film "Flaming ie Ann Arbor po- In addition petitions with 1,100 lice at Cinema Guild Wednesday signatures asking Regental sup- night, However, some faculty port for the film group were members of the University com- brought to the board. munity supported the police ac- But the Regents declined to recognize student representatives who had submitted a written re- quest to read the petition aloud. The Regents reportedly discuss- ed the matter during their private morning meeting. However, they voiced little interest in providing legal support for the students. Meanwhile Cinema Guild filed suit against Ann Arbor Police Chief Walter E. Krasny, police Lieut. Eugene Staudenmeier and Assistant Washtenaw County Pro- secutor Thomas Shea in Detroit; Federal District Court. The case was set for Jan. 30 before Judge Thaddeus Mach-' rowicz. The suit asked for a preliminary; and permanent injunction re-" straining the local police from subsequent prosecution, arrests,; and seizures for showing art films, a declaratory judgment prohibit-, ing "prior censorship of films" by the police, immediate return of the seized copy of "Flaming Crea- !tures," and $15,000 damages. In other developments the Ann. Arbor chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union blasted the film seizure. In a statement the group said: "It is impossible to make judgments regarding the See FOUR, Page 8 tion as proper. Prof. Robert Weeks of the en- gineering English department and a member of the city council, agreed, stating that "I don't like having the police wading into the University, I'm uncomfortable about that." Visiting Prof. Henry Aiken of the philosophy department also expressed disapproval with the po- lice entrance onto the "academic scene." It's disturbing when city cops enter the University-dis- turbing on the grounds of aca- demis freedom," he explained. 'I think the police were definite- ly out of order," commented Es- ther Goodstein. Her reaction was shared by Leslie Fiedler, writer- in-residence, "The most appalling thing is the fact that a faculty member lodged the complaint. The police action was totally and ab- solutely wrong, gross and unfor- givable," he commented. Prof. Stephen Tonsor, in the history department, disagreed. "It's up to the law to protect the community from an irrational look at it in its entirety and in minority, The law defines what is I context." obscene and a policeman was on Aiken said "It wouldn;'t make the scene and decided it was por- any difference to me whether he nographic. Now it's up to the had seen the whole thing. I would courts," he commented. still strongly disapprove of what Most students and faculty mem- the police had done on the bers objected to the police seizing grounds that there is a question of the film after only seven minutes civil liberty and because porno- of it had been shown. Weeks graphy should not be a matter of claimed that 'a work of art should police action. The individual must not be judged piecemeal but as a learn to discriminate on his own.'{ whole. To establish whether it is pornographic or not, one must See 'U.' Page 8 I- ~ Halt Inution Physica Due T o Shortage of Funds CLARK KERR By CLARENCE FANTO Mlanaging Editor All pre-induction physical ex-! aminations by Michigan draftj boards have ' been cancelled at least until April because of lack of funds, State Selective Service Director Col. Arthur Holmes said yesterday. Holmes said another reason for the cancellation of the physicals' was a lowering of the monthly draft calls. If draft calls rise again because of a decrease in voluntary enlist- ments, sufficient money will be Shaw To Replace Robertson As New LSA Assistant Dean forthcoming to appropriate funds to resume the physical exam, Holmes asserted. Holmes noted that the likeli- hood that college students might be drafted remains unchanged in spite of the lower induction rates. However, there will be longer de- lays in calling some men if the draft remains low. The draft director clarified the guidelines by which students may retain their deferments if they plan to enter graduate school. Top One-Quarter Some local boards in other states have been required that stu- dents attain a ranking in the top one-quarter of their senior classes as well as posting a grade of 80 or l':igher on the Selective Serv- ice deferment examination, Holmes reaffirmed that this holds true for Michigan students provided they are completing their education in the normal period of time as determined by their school. Thus, prospective graduate stu- dents must enter a graduate school this fall if they receive. their bachelor's degrees this spring. Individual Problems Holmes also pointed out that local boards often take into ac- count individual problems. In one case, for example, a student who ranked in the top quarter of his class based on senior grades but ranked lower based on the four- year cumulative average compiled by the University was granted a deferment after Holmes verified the student's average by calling the registrar here. In other states, draft boards have also been cancelling pre- I i ,, r ,,-. ,-d- nhv ir'a ic T-r, tTi cn~~.:i press conference yesterday even- ing, Kerr said, "I was not at the meeting but 'the vote was 14 to 8 and the Governor was one of the Two Regents Jesse Unruh, speaker of the California State Assembly, and the board's chair- man Theodore Meyer said Gov- ernor Reagan voted to fire Kerr, Both men were present at the meeting.. Another Regent, Mrs. Randolph Hearst, wife of the.newspaper magnate said Kerr was dismissed "because of a lack of administra- tive ability." Blames Politics Kerr blamed politics for his diis- ,missal. He indicated .that Reagan had never asked for his resigna- tion and had only leaned yester- day that his status would be dis- cussed. Kerr said in a press conference last night that the Regents are obliged to "not respond too quick- ly to the swirls of political winds in the state; because there is a new governor, this does not mean there has to be a new president of the university. This has never happened in any good university in the United States. The Univer- sity should serve thruth, and not political partnership," There was no immediate indi- cation of who might be named to replace Kerr as. president. Speculation yesterday included Frank Murphy, chancellor of the UCLA campus, Robert McNamara, scecretary of defense, and Max Rafferty, state superintendent of public education as possible suc- cessors. A spokesman for the Daily Californian, the student news- paper of the Berkeley campus said however, that theere was no def- inite indication that any of these names were being seriously con- sidered for the job. Heyns Future? uRegents Shown Building Plans; By NEAL BRUSS James W. Shaw was named as- sistant dean of the literary college by the Regents yesterday. Shaw, who .is currently chair- man of faculty counseling for literary college upperclassmen and a lecturer in English replaces As- sociate Dean James H. Robertson. To Publish Booklet Next Week ._.., By NEAL BRUSS The study applies to. construc- isity's $55-Million Program. for operating expenses. "Their f'he fourth issue of a booklet tion on the Flint and Dearborn Regent Paul Goebel, national gifts were previously for bricks explaining the University's "ex- campuses as well as in Ann Arbor. chairman for the $55-M campaign, and mortar," Bentley said. ressed needs for facilities," It presents figures for remodeling said that as of the beginning of Both foundations are based in' "Buildings Under Study" was pre- and additions to existing buildings. the year, 3,300 alumni were par- the state. sented to the Regents yesterday at Twenty per cent of the project ticipating as sollicitors in the A $3.5 million grant from the; their regular monthly meeting, investment would be assigned to campaign. Department of Health, Education Vice President and chief finan- liberal arts and allied undergrad- Goebel said that 2,000 individ- and Welfare will probably allow cial officer Wilbur K. Pierpont uate, graduate and professional uals are currently considered as construction of an addition to the explained to the Regents that the units. Engineering and technology ;possible donors of $10,000 or more. School of Public Health to begin booklet is not "a rigid document would receive nearly 14 per cent; Among recent gifts accepted at this year, Hatcher said. The Kel- for today," but presents "a table health services, 27 per cent; li- yesterday's meeting is a $600,000 logg Foundation has contributed of opportunities" for physical braries and information systems, i endowed professorship in market- $2 million to the project, Robertson becomes director of the Residential College July 1, Shaw, who is 34, will largely deal with student affairs in the literary college. He will also chair the college's administrative board. According to Dean William Haber of the literary College Shaw has "attracted the favorable at- tention of students as well as faculty and administration as a ren Smith, who requested relief from his chairmanship to allow him more time for teaching and research. He was also appointed full professor. LeVeque replaces Prof. George Hay, recently named associate dean of the Graduate School, Dr. Dominic D. Dzieqiatkowski was named professor of dentistry and first permanent chairman of the department of oral biology in the School of Dentistry. He will also be a professor of biological chemistry in the Medi- cal School. He is currently an as- sociate professoratRockefeller University, New York, Prof. Harry Benford was ap- pointed chairman of the depart- ment of naval architecture and marine engineering.