COLLEGES MUST MEET PROBLEMS OF GHETTOS See editorial page j [17, C Si1 tr ti9an ~Iaiti MUCH COLDER High--I5 Low- -5 Partly sunny; partly cloudy Seventy-Six Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVII, No. 125 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1967 SEVEN CENTS DepartmentCairmen ace acult.hor By WALLACE IMMEN of their vacancies under current were said to be "just about nor- higher than the University can of- now, we will not be able to get versity is not engaging in a heavy facul At the peak of the "hunting budget allocations. mal." The degree to which the fer feasible for a large number, all the people we need and will recruitment program for next year, pond season," a number of literary col- A nationwide shortage of profes- other departments were experien- of schools. However, many avail- have to drop as many as five "There isn't a year in which de- giona lege departments are encounter- sors has beset a number of fields, other de areswreaxeen- able professors were said to be courses currently listed in the time partments don't make a number also1 ing acute difficulties in recruiting intensified by the lure of lucra- ing difficulties varied greatly. still "shopping around," playing schedule." of bids that are turned down," he tact. new faculty members for next fall. tive jobs in private professions. It While some department chair- one salary offer against another. William Haber, dean of the liter- said. "Our recruiting remains high- Th "This is the first year I can was found to be most severe at men in the other departments This solution leaves more than ary college, cautioned that even ly selective." sor i remember in which all the bids the associate professor level. thought they could get by with 60 openings for next year still un- though "the talent niarket has Recruiting procedures are dete- criter we sent out for assistant profes- The only notable exceptions to only minor adjustments, several confirmed. Created by professors never been tighter, it has been so mined on a departmental basis and thors sors were refused," reported Prof. be found in this trend were in the others reported that in order to on leave, resignations, deaths and for several years." and Wilbert McKeachie, chairman of mathematics and physics depart- maintain the quality of their fac- course additions, these vacancies "Many schools now operate on requirements and methods of han- calle the psychology department. "We ments in which there were said to ulties they will have to offer in- were found to be distributed with a 'star system'," Haber explained. dling vary widely. Recruiting is In need five or six PhD's for next be "a good number of people will- creased salaries to lure new men, three or four in each of the 12 "They offer high salaries and fast heaviest for the new PhD for as- and fall, but the way it looks now ing to teach," and a scarcity of compensating for these with cuts departments. Even with increased promotion to key people in order sociate professorships, and most such we may not get any." available positions. This was at- in departmental operating expens- recruiting activities, chairmen fear to have an important intellectual have made a definite commitment in re While this is the extreme case, tributed to a slow-down in govern- es. that many of these vacancies can- ornament on their otherwise aver- by mid-March. thec faculty shortages due to increas- ment sponsorship of research pro- "We find that if our salary offers not be filled. age staff." "Once in a while, people are so depar ing competition for available grams, employing fewer research- are equivalent to those bid by "We usually have to list some "So far," Haber continued, "few anxious to work at the Universi- noted teaching personnel are envisioned ers and making teaching more at- other schools, we can compete quite courses on blind faith," reports University people have responded ty that they will turn things up- often by the chairmen of 15 of 18 de- tractive to those men in science- effectively," noted Prof. Joseph E. to calls from these schools. With side down' to work here," Prof. a yea partments contacted by The Daily. oriented fields. Kallenbach of the political science Prof. Richard Brandt, chairman of a few exceptions we are not aware Brandt claimed. But the most com- Th In several specialties, competi- The other exception was the department. But the departmental the philosophy department. "Our of any resignations of distinguish- mon method which departments talen tion was said to be so keen that it astronomy department, another spokesmen claimed that recent problem then is to find people ed people from the faculty whom use to locate new faculty is per- ownc has already keen conceded that it science field in which problems grant assists to bolster faculties at who are available and qualified to we really wish to retain." sonal contact, instituted either whom will be impossible to fill a number are being encountered, but they smaller colleges have made bids teach these courses. As it looks Haber emphasized that the Uni- through recommendation from a partm EIGHT PAGES tages ty member or from corres- ence with other schools. Re- il department conventions are prime locations for such con- e, published work of a profes- s the next most widely used ion. References from an au- department are requested the prospective professor is c for an interview. some fields, such as geology physics, specializer ability, as interest and proficiency search is a major 'concern of department In the geology tment, for instance, it was that staff possibilities are being processed more than r in advance. e University's prime source of t is within the departments doctoral candidates many of receive bids from the de- rent the.year they graduate. Donner Says Social Goals Hinge on Healthy System BOOTH NIGHT HIGH- By RICHARD HERSTEIN The achievement of the social goals of our country depends up- on the continuing growth of a competitive business economy, said General Motors Board Chair- mand Frederic G. Donner in a speech last night in Rackham Lecture Hall. Donner listed the reduction of poverty and juvenile delinquency, rehabilitation of urban areas, and improvement of life for all citi- zens as three of these goals. 'f hDonner was here to receive the 1967 Business Leadership Award -Daily-Thomas R. Copt which was presented to him by the University's Graduate School of Business Administration. LIGHTS SESQUIGRAS Ihige euctiDon nas labeled higher education as "a growth industry in this country." He pointed out the rapidly increas- ing number of college graduates and emphasized their importance to business. The business which seeks to perform effectively must 1Wtizes COJH p 1 have "first-rate individuals" and sxthe skills and the disciolined imagination of many college and university - trained people," the GM executive explained. n He went on to stress the close C U ti 50 flu jt interrelationship that exists be- tween education and business. "A changing world imposes contin- The money coming from the anything, we have increased the ually new and enlarged demands- state is intended only to cover the j number of faculty members in re- on the content of education," Don- cost of producing student credit lation to students in the last five ner said. "Similarly, the question- hours. The decreased percentage years." ing and probing of the college STUDENT CREDIT HOURS: OIR Report Drai Nature of Eda By LUCY KENNEDY ward the direct costs of instruc- It costs about 17 per cent more tion. This figure does not neces- to produce a credit hour now than sarily demonstrate that there is+ it did to produce a credit hour at a decreasing emphasis on instruc- ing education. "Most success4ul The GM executive praised con- the life of the businessman in a inen and women never stop learn- putors and other advanced tech- large corporation. "A career in big ing," he said. niques for their ability to process business is as vibrant and vital as Beyond this he observed two quantitative data rapidly and give life .itself," said the corporate "strong ties" which relate educa- "management a deeper insight in- head. "A large company must tion in business to formal univer- to the complex decision-making keep abreast of the kaleidoscopic sity. programs. "The fi'st is the process." However, he added that economic changes on a world- recognition of the need for getting in the end businessmen must make wide basis. Never in its history has and analyzing the facts. The see- the judgment and live with the business faced greater opportuni- ond is the over-riding importance risk, ties and a more demanding, all- of people." Donner then elaborated upon encompassing, array of challenges. Never have there been so many at- tractive alternatives for the con- sumer's dollar, and never in his- tory has competition place as high -:>a premium on management to run ahead of the pack." Donner cited these challenges as advantages to the young men of today. They present the oppor- tunity for young executives to "flex their muscles, to use their talents constructively and to en- large their own horizons. The per- son who has the capacity and the :--desire to make the most of these opportunities has every assurance of a long and stimulating career in business." A career in business, Donner concluded, "is an open invitation to a life-long education in busi- ness. It is an education that Is available as a member of many highly skilled and professional business teams, large or small, that are making a contribution In the world today. It is an education in which the challenge will grow as rapidly as the individual's abilities. It is an education that demands full participation -- ac- tively and purposefully - in the work of the world." At the end of his speech, Don- ner was presented with a gold :<> medal and a scroll which con- stitute the Business Leadership -Daily-Thomas R. Copi Award. The award is presented FREDERIC G. DONNER, shown above addressing an audience each year to a prominent business- last night in Rackham Lecture Hall, was awarded the 1967 man who has shown an interest in Business Leadership Award. Donner is chairman of theboard of standing of the responsibilities of General Motors. business to society. the University in 1960 according tion. It shows the enormous that the state contributes to the "Competition, Hays said, "is as classroom to an Office of Institutional Re- amount of "support" activities- University budget may reflect in- much of a thr;eat to our student- change ar search report on student credit clerical work, libraries, etc.-that, creasing emphasis on activities faculty ratio as money. We have ness. It is hours and direct costs. The report go into production of a student that cannot be directly related to! an increasingly difficult time find- interaction also indicated that it costs about credit hour. instruction such as research ing enough assistant professors al- of educatio 7 times as much to produce a doc- In addition, there is a large grants. though we have been able to hold cation in b toral candidate credit hour as it amount of University expense that Paul F. Merins of the Office of our own. "The gr does to produce an undergraduate cannot be directly tide to instruc- Institutional Research commented,, "At least so far," Hays added, he continu credit hour. tion-such as new research grants.'"We get a much smaller propor- eur student-faculty ratio has ciplines y The report dramatizes, perhaps, These "instructional periphera" tion of our money from the state eoodSomeofta us or the increasing complexity of edu- contribute to the production of a than other institutions in the state bu I think we can compare fav- However cation at the University. Only student credit hour by attracting devoted to instruction only. Per- b Iby tin we can cop e v- tHoweve about 30 per cent of the total top-notch faculty and providing haps the smaller percentage the concluded.scoi wt Conclded.also view I University budget is channeled to- research facilities for students. University receives from the state _ _--- is some indication of the character _____1of education here. Money devoted COMPLETED BY 1968: and research lab spark nd innovation in busi- out of this continuing that .the full potentials on for business and edu- business are realized. eat thing in business," ed, "is to apply the dis- ou've learned in highI college to problems in Donner was careful to: hat the individual must his future as a continu- NEWS WI1 WASHINGTON-Republican congressional leaders Dirksen and Gerald R. Ford yesterday in a news conf dorsed Central Intelligence Agency subsidization o groups and other private foundations as necessary. Dirksen said that criticism of CIA's financial s private international organizations 'amounts to "littlen a Roman holiday." Ford, the House GOP leaders, added that in at lea the eight years he served on a House "CIA watchdog' tee, the chairman and ranking Republican members such expenditures. UNDERGRADUATE SOCIAL FRATERNITIES sco highest accumulative grade-point average in the histo to expenditures otner than tnose related directly to instruction (mo- ney we get from sources other' =than the state) has become an in- creasingly important part of the educational process - especially here." James E. Lesch, administrative assistant to the Vice President of Academic Affairs said that it is difficult to measure the quality -Er-~ - of education at an institution through cost per student credit Everett M. hour. erence en- "Our average cost per student f student credit hour here (about $40) is perhaps lower than a comparable upport of figure at a private institution such as Harvard, but our average fa,-- more than ulty scale is the highest or second highest of all other public-sup-' ast two of ported institutions," Lesch con- commit- tinued. approved "If we were to increase our ex- penditures per student credit hour. we would not necessarily have higher quality education here. ored their There are too many factors. or example, we could all allocae ry of the mon o iDn nav for90 newfar 1fv Old 'U' Administration Building To Get New Faces By DAN SHARE Early in 1968, the Salmon Loaf will be vacated by its present occupants, the executive officers of the University, in favor of the new, air-conditioned office build- ing currently being built directly across the way. The Salmon Loaf is an endearing term for that mod- el of early 1950 architecture pres- ently used as an Administration Building. You know, the place where you wait in line for Win- dow A. The faculty of the literary col-t lege will then move into the space vacated by President Hatcher and company. The move is designed to ease the severe overcrowding of office space in the Angell Hall complex. According to James Lesch, ad- ministrative assistant to the vice- nresident for academie affairs, the ': tho rnrnrntnt oitn it nnneirinrr nff_ !hv n rlitricinrn of f1-in TT"i[7nNai4,wfle I the presensi te, is uuusiueleu o- uy ay uivisiuni oWite uuiversity s campus and less accessible to the public relations office. In addi- students than the present building. tion, WUOM will remain on the Exactly which departments will fifth floor due to the specialized move and just how much space nature of the equipment the radio each will receive in the present station uses. Administration Building is still a The Regents will meet in a lo- matter of negotiation within the cation in the new building. The dean's office of the literary col- Regents Room, presently on the lege. In all probability the fac- second floor, is slated to be con- ulty of the social sciences will verted into a departmental meet- move into office space on the sec- ing room. The Administrative ond, third and fourth floors of the Dean's Room, directly adjoining building. In this case the build- !the Regents Room, will be used ng would be renamed the Social by the literary college as a sem- Science Building. inar room for doctoral examina- tions and related activities. These plans, and the floor plan j Some office space in the Ad- of the new Administration Build- ministration Building is already ing will not be finalized for at being used by the literary col- least two months. lege for departmental offices. The The exact nature of the plans geography department occupies for the old Administration Build- officeand laboratory space on the ing will hinge, to a great extent, I fourth floor, and the political sci- on the amount of funds which can anra cr - ,n t -r space from a greatly enlarged fac- the crowded conditions. As Lesch ulty. put it, "When a professor comes Lesch indicated that the office from a school in the East where situation is beginning to hurt the he had a private office, and sees University in attracting new pro- he will have to share one here; fessors. Some prospective faculty the position suddenly becomes less members are disenchanted with attractive." . } ... .