THE FACULTY AND RESPONSIBILITY See editorial page. lit t :4ait# BLUSTERY High-28 Low-20 Cloudy and colder with light snow Seventy-Six Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVII, No. 85 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1967 SEVEN CENTS TEN PAGES rian r acuiyI Survey 0nO Deferments LSA Staff To Poll Professors' Attitudes On Draft Question By PAT O'DONOHUE The literary college faculty will canvass by mail the entire faculty to obtain their opinion on the con- troversial issue of student defer- ment. At a meeting of 225 faculty members, the literary college fac-, ulty devoted most of the meeting to a resolution on student defer- ment submitted by Prof. E. Lowell Kelly, of the Psychology depart- ment. Kelly's resolution urges 'that: -"Any change in University policy towards student deferment be made applicable only to young men becoming 18 (or 19) years old," thus enabling them to com- plete their degrees. --Each young man who reaches the draft eligible age be advised as soon as possible, thus enabling him to make definite plans for the future, and -"If selective service is con- tinued, the present program of II-S deferment be retained on the books for use, if and when the needs for military manpower should increase to the point where a policy of no student deferment would seriously threaten the na- tion's supply of specialized college trained personnel." Considered Next Month Kelly's resolution is on the agenda for the regular faculty meeting, February 6. The debate, according to Dean William Haber of the Literary College, "lacked some of its pre- vious intensity." The literary college faculty set a precedent by allowing debate to be conducted in Committee of the Whole, thereby enabling a freer discussion not hampered by the traditional Robert's Rules of Or- der. Poll Assumption The Literary College's Faculty Poll assumes that ranking will continue to be based on a student's academic performance and a na- tional policy. On the basis of this assumption it asks the faculty's opinion on what kind of record should be submitted where the record should be sent, and if the University should change its pres- ent practices, when the change° should be made effective. NEWS WIRE A NEW STUDENT UNION, organized to present student grievances to the administration and to provide services to the student body was formed last night. At the meeting, which attracted about 70 people, various proposals concerning the pur- poses of a union and the means of organizing one were pre- sented. Considerable sentiment was expressed for a political party arising out of the union. Other ideas presented for the union included a student book exchange, a rental information service and a student counseling program. A general meeting will be held next week for further dis- cussion. * * * THE MANN ARBOR CITY COUNCIL met last night and after some tense moments of partisan debate on tax policy unani- mously requested that Mayor Hulcher appoint a citizens blue ribbon committee to explore ways of increasing city income. Among some of the suggestions were a request on the state legislature to increase the rebate to local governments from gas and other taxes; a special census to update Ann Arbor's popu- lation figures making the city eligible for a greater share of county taxes; re-evaluate the status of tax exempt property; and an examination of the feasability of adding some of the state and federal government property in Ann Arbor to the tax base. Democratic councilmen Leroy Capparet, Robert Weeks, and Eunice Burns mentioned a city income tax as one means of bringing additional revenue to the city; Paul Johnson (Republi- can) said that the city must live within its means, and reiterated that this did not include an income tax. Capparet also admonished Hulcher for his heavy partisan- ism in selecting past committees, and 'urged that the mayor make the tax committee as bi-partisan as possible. * * * * PETITIONING FOR SEATS on the Presidential Commission to study University decision-making and the Draft Committee to study University relations with the Selective Service will close Friday. Petitions are available at the Student Government Council office on the first floor of the S.A.B. * * * * THE INTRUSION OF the "Fifth Estate," public relations men, has created a crisis in American journalism, said William Eames, political editor of KNXT-TV, Los Angeles, in his lecture here Monday, Eames warned that the growth of the "Fifth Estate" has created the danger of less and less good reporting being done. The public relations men, he said, act as buffers between public figures and the public. "The euphoria of 'the good guy,' so much a hallmark of thez public relations man, creeps into the reporter until he too be- comes an imagemaker, not a prober and a representative of the public good," said Eames. Eames maintained that the most fruitful field for the "estate" has become the growing field of political campaign management. * *4* AN OPINION PROFILE drawn recently by the Louis Harris national system of pollsters from conversations with 1,200 college seniors across the nation showed that 51 per cent felt the Peace Corps helped to cast a favorable American image overseas. Another 86 per cent said they believed the Peace Corps was doing an "excellent" or "good" job. The poll was undertaken to determine student attitudes toward the Corps and other public affairs issues, such as the Vietnam war, civil rights, and the War on Poverty. The Corps was judged the most successful American effort abroad in terms of promoting a better "image" and also of im- proving the well-being of foreign peoples. * * * * THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION will award 1,600 new fellow- ships for 1967-68 in 92 foreign languages and related studies under the National Defense Education Act. Seven thousand sim- ilar intensive training grants have already been awarded underj the NDEA. Both summer and year-long fellowships will be provided for students chosen through 52 participating colleges and univer- sities in 27 states and the District of Columbia. 'Plas Fees for To Use Campus Student Theatre M'ay Take FINANCING PLANS FOR UNIVERSITY THEATRE :". Student Fees Financing ,Seveal Ne Bu~lingS $4.3 Million From Fees Student Fees For Non-Student Building Break with Policy By ROGER RAPOPORT The administration has pro- posed a "tentative financial plan" that }would pledge up to $4.3 mil- lion of operational budget money -to be taken from student fees- to finance the construction of a new University theatre, The Daily has learned. Under the plan, now being con- sidered by the Regents, the school would pledge annual payment of $175,000 worth of student fees out of the University's general fund over the next 25 years to repay a $2 million loan (at 5 per cent interest) on the theatre. The move is contrary to admin- istration plans announced this summer, which indicated the the- atre would be financed entirely through gifts. It also runs counter to the tra- ditional University policy of spend- ing student monies on student- oriented buildings such as .the Michigan Union and North Cam- pus Commons. The theatre, which is now budg- eted at $4.5 to $5 million will be paid for with the $2 million loan, a $1.3 million gift from Regent- emeritus Eugene B. Power, and $1.2 to $1.7 million worth of un- designate .gifts from the school's current $55 million fund drive, ac- cording to the tentative plan, The University's Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer Wilbur K. Pierpont declined comment on the matter. "No financing plan has been finalized by the Re- gents," Pierpont said. "I don't want to anticipate what the Re- gents are going to do." Sources nevertheless indicate that the tentative plan for the theatre is virtually certain to win official Regental approval in the near future, Architectural plans have already been drawn for the 1,426 seat structure planned for a Felch Park site. The theatre has been the sub- ject of a vigorous campus contro- versy during the past year and a half. Until 1963 the theatre was a low-priority item on the Uni- versity's capital outlay building schedule. But it received a sud- den boost with a $1.3 million gift from then Regent Eugene B. Pow- er. In the fall of 1965 officials learned of the plan to commit student fees to the theatre proj- ect. Some opposed spending the fee money on the theatre, con- tending that the funds could be better spent on additional class- room and faculty office space. After a senior editorial appeared in The Daily, denouncing the pro- posed use of general fund money for the project, the administration postponed announcement of the theatre from September 1965 until August 1966. In August administrators assur- ed reporters that the theatre would be financed exclusively with Mr. Power's donation and other gifts from the school's $55 million fund drive. In addition to the theatre, the Regents are looking at an adminis- tration plan to spend $4.1 to $5.4 million worth of student fees to build a new faculty center and $7.2 to $14.4 million worth of student fees to build new campus recrea- 'tional facilities. The administration has told the Regents that the proposed $1.7 to $2.2 million faculty center could be financed with a loan at 5 per cent interest. Repayment would be $138,000 to $180,000 annually over 30 years. NL-/ -m- %P W.AL Suggested dates on the ques-' tionnaire are: As soon as possible, May 1, 1967, Sept. 1, 1967, and Jan. 1, 1968. Another alternative was offered suggesting that only those students entering the Uni- versity after the revised policy is announced be affected by it. The results of the poll will be studied by a committee, appointed by Haber, consisting of Kelly,I Profs. Angus Campbell, in the Sociologyand Psychology depart- ments and Theodore Newcomb, of the Psychology and Sociology de-# partment and will then be reported to the Faculty at its February 6 1 meeting. QUALIFIED CALL': By ROGER RAPOPORT The University will spend over $12.9 million worth of student fee money from the general operating, fund to pay for construction of three new campus buildings ac- cording to financing plans ap- proved by the Regents during the past year. The student fee money in the general fund would be spent over the next 35 years, to pay off pub- lic loans and bond issues on the building, graduate library addi- tion, and Residential College. The library addition and Resi- dential College will open up more room for books, classrooms and faculty offices, and the new ad- ministration building will open up new space for classrooms and of- fices in the present administra- tion building. Student fees will be used to pay off a $2 million loan on the li- brary, $2.9 million worth of loans and an $8 million bond issue on tially financed with a $2 million, the Residential College, for a total ten-year bank- loan. of $12.9 million. The additional $900,000 will be Interest charges on the three provided from the University's loans, which have not been final- temporary investment fund on a ized, will probably cost an addi- temporary basis. tional $1.5 million worth of stu- The entire $2.9 million loan will dent fee money. be repaid from student fees on a According to Vice-President and Regent-approved 18 to 20 year AChiefrinngialOficePilbdentKcontinuation of a $340,000 a year Chief Financial Officer Wilbur K. fee allocation for the Student Pierpont, the $2.9 million admin- Activities Building. istration building project, now The $5.2 million graduate li- under construction, is being par- brary addition will be partially - _ financed with a $2 million federal loan at 3 per cent interest,dac- cording to Pierpont. Other funds University's new administration on the administration building, LEA VES OSA: sI Sells Becomes Dean at Wayne- Fitznatrick Seen as Successor National Educational Grrns .a +++eLjY err W- - Duncan Sells, the University's 41Director of Student Organizations BackL/Yr er t tY t ol R le nnounced his resignation here to- ck Larger Student Po y Role ay to take a position as Dean of Students at Wayne State Univer- WASHINGTON, D.C. (CPS)- -Freedom to discuss questions with few exceptions. They should, sity in Detroit. Three major educational organ- of institutional policy and opera- however, delegate many of their Sells will assume his new job izations issued a qualified call this tion; responsibilities, and concentrate Jan. 16 at a substantial increase week for student participation in -the right to academic due pro- on long-term planning, on raising in pay and responsibility over his college and university policy- cess when charged with serious capital and operating funds, and position here. He will have wide making. violations of institutional regula- on overseeing personnel policy. authority over Wayne student Despite "large obstacles" to such tions; and The president, the report said, I affairs. involvement, the groups said that --The same right to hear speak- "is measured largely by his capa- While no successor has been colleges should seek ways to "per- ers of their own choice as is en- city for institutional leadership." named, sources indicate a likely mit significant student participa- joyed by other components of the As chief executive and planning candidate is Sells' assistant Dan tion within the limits of attain- institution." officer, he must maintain commu- Fitzpatrick. able effectiveness r cStudent Role Undefined , nications within the institution Great Popularity These suggestions were contain- and between the school and its Sells has enjoyed great popular- ed in a short note on students as .oThe educational organizations public; and he must "innovate and ity among students here since part of a statement issued by the avoided issujtg a mainsectionony tUnter s American Association of Univer- students, however, because, they joining the University staff in sity Professors, the American said, an attempt to define stu- Faculty Responsibility August of 1965. Council on Education, and the As- dents' role, at a time when it is Faculty members should have the His independent stand on many sociation of Governing Boards of rapidly changing, might hurt stu- major responsibility for curricu- controversial campus issues - he Colleges and Universities. The full dent interest and because "stu- lum, student instruction, decisions favored abolition of class rankings statement, in preparation since dents do not at present have a on tenure, promotion, and dismis- for the Selective Service, was 1964, primarily discussed the re- significant voice in the govern- sals, and policies governing salary against turning in the names of sponsibility of trustees, presidents, ment of colleges and universities." increases, the report added. It student activists to the House Arfi ,,n T ,n f "It would be unseemly to ob-- warned that external restraints on UnAmerican Activities Committee, f..I ±LtLL~ fLi GU~iLL~± t f came to know him well and to did his undergraduate and gradu- have a high regard for his matur- ate work in zoology, chemistry, ity, candor and energy, and for his biology, and entomology, was an skill in communicating with stu- administrator there for five years dents and faculty alike. I have before taking a post at Michigan great confidence in Mr.. Sells and State University at Oakland in look forward to his vigorous and 1961, before coming here. imaginative contribution to a vital Asked about the import of Sells' part of the university's work." resignation his secretary, Mrs. Sells, who once sold livestock Joan Ringel said, "I'll miss him, pest control products for Dupont, he was my favorite person." for the library addition include a $1.5 million federal grant- and $1.7 million worth of uncommitted gifts from the school's current '$55 million fund drive. The $2 million loan for the li- brary Will, be paid back by student fees over* 25 to 30 years. The Uni- versity plans to let bids on the library addition this spring with building completion expected in 1969. At their June meeting the Re- gents approved as "sources of funds" for the new $11.8 million Residential College $8 million worth of revenue from a projected bond issue, $1.1 million through refinancing South Quadrangle, $1.4 million from other residence hall income and an anticipated $1,850,060 worth of gifts from the $55 million fund drive. He indicates that "financing arrangements for the Residential College won't be finalized for some time. We don't have to make up our mind until the final plans are ready in May or June." He cited several complications in financing the Residential Col- lege. "We don't know about gift monies yet, and we're not sure Budget CuTuition Priirbrlgl Cal LOS ANGELES Q)-State Fi- He asked instead that the pro- nance Director Gordon Smith pro- gram be delayed for a year. posed yesterday a ten per cent cut Smith repeated a charge by in the University of California Governor Ronald Reagan that the budget, along with tuition fees for previous administration of Dem- students and the use of the uni- ocratic Governor Edmund G. versity Regents' own $22tmillion Brown had earmarked 15 mont h fund to help balance the state income for the 12 month budget budget. including the income from th Smith's proposal at a special first six months of the next fisca board of Regents meeting ran into year. stiff opposition from the U. of "I am only asking you to ex- s' ,' e ,l about the release of government funds for the project." and Tacuity zor uovernmenu of Colleges and Universities. No main section was offered on stu- dents. Obstacles scure, bu superficial equality of length of statement," the report said, "what may be a serious lag entitled to separate and full con- frontation." faculty responsibility for education and advocated allowing drinking of students can impair the "educa- in ' greek housing units for stu- tion effectiveness" of an institu- dents over 21-has won him many tion. friends among the student body. mhoeafmt w-e x-- -- ari xxt H was close to anmbmer of t 1 i PROJECTS UNDER STUDY Set forth below is an administrative report to the Regents on "Fees Required for projects under study": Budget Range "Recreational Facilities Under Study $240,000 480,000 "'nP 1+iltx r anti , 138.000 180.000 -:I I