FBA: CHEATING FRATS See editorial page ,4 t tgan Il3aittli FAIR AND FRIGID IIigh--25 Low--5 Warmer hopes for Sunday Seventy-Six Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVII, No. 139 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1967 SEVEN CENTS SIX PAGES Revamped Student Government Plan Draft Ignores Administration at Duke Card Burning Adminion, Rally in N.Y. By JIM HECK ed the constitution, even though "This is not a delaying venture" administrators refuse to approve Knight said. "It may be hard" he Told MOW- Duke University students over- whelmingly accepted a referendum yesterday that established a new student government which has been declared "illegitimate" by the Durham, N.C., college's President Douglas Knight. Tt e election came one week after, 70 student leaders signed a letter sent to Knight saying "rule by fiat of the deans is illegitimate and need not be accepted by the student body." The letter explained, "We can no longer tolerate a situation in which our authority and dignity are denied." The letter was accompanied by the resignation of Joe Schwab, Men's Student Government Asso- ciation president, who claims that "students are capable of a great- er level of maturity than is the entire academic administration." the action. "We didn't expect any approval," Modlin said. "The referendum gives us the power. Elections will be held as soon as possible." Administration Opposition Dean James Price of the Trin- ity Men's College told The Daily that the referendum and elections "are out of order." Knight issued a statement last night saying that he will "look forward to, an official word about the recent referendum." He an- nounced "it will receive my most serious consideration as one as- pect of a detailed review." Students last night charged Knight with stalling, but Knight contended, "I'm not playing games. You don't play games with these things.' said for students to hold an elec- tion. No administrators would elab- orate, however, on what moves would be employed to negate the upcoming elections. Price said "they can do any-! +hinrr t ocr -mo + +n Ar" a + Cornell SDS Chapter Defies Administration By Collecting Names By DAVID KNOKE Review Ii' Hiri-ng Schwab continued, "I no longer respect enough administrators as 'en people, as individuals, to fulfill N my official responsibilities. I can no longer play a game that has F orrS no meaning for me." Unifies Colleges The new constitution will set up By ELLE a government which is composed' of both the men's and women's Reports that1 colleges. sal of 13 studen Presently, Duke is on a "coord- Island School inate college system" which separ- prompted by th ates the two colleges, called "purely f Petitioning for offices in the new ald Lay, the sch government is already under way, The students according to Jon Medlin, chair- a sophomore, we man of the committee that draft- ter from the col DrugI tudett N P. FRANK the recent dismis- ats from the Rhode of Design was e use of drugs were allacious" by Don- hool's dean of men. >12 freshmen and ere notified by let- llege's president of, thing they want to do andcthat "i1~ Uis th riht o) any group t Students for a Democratic So- "it is the right of any group to ciety at' Cornell University in organize." He explained, though, Ithaca, New York, have collected a ou that it will be an illegitimate over 60 signatures for a draft-card election and will not be consid- burning rally in New York City on ered "official." April 15.t Modlin's committee has wvorked The students manned tables in~W t i o r on the constitution since October, the Cornell student union yester- 1965. The new government will day for the second day in a row - (f-t divide power equally among the in defiance of university admin-J u1il1Ed n men's and women's colleges. Mod- istration and student government lin said the administration doesn't orders against use of university want to part with the coordinate property for the solicitations. Hatcher Urges Quick system. "They like to identify with 1 The controversy continued fol- Decision on.'U' Case the Ivy League schools," he said. lowing a five-hour sit-in of 200 persons in the Cornell administra- Challenging PA 379 tion building on Thursday. SDS Use Reasor members had attempted to man a By MARK LEVIN table i the student union for the University President Harlan purpose of collecting names when Hatcher yesterday informed the the student manager asked the Regents that the University's suit group to leave, challenging the constitutionality Lowell George, Cornell proctor, of Michigan Public Act 379, con- their dismissal last week. They 'then arrived and cited seven per- cerning labor unions, has been were told they had "developed sons, asking them to give their ruled within the jurisdiction of the patterns of behavior which are , names and come to his office Washtenaw County Circuit Court. not consistent with the standards where they would be arraigned A decision on the constitution- and regulations of the college." before the student judiciary board ality of the law has been held upj No specific reason has yet been for refusal to obey the student since June, 1966, when the state given by the administration, but manager's orders. Attorney General's office raised a it was suggested that use of mari- Refused Identification procedural question on the juris- juana and other drugs was re- The seven refused to identify diction of the court in the case. sponsible for the dismissals. themselves and the gathering Circuit Court Judge William Ager N E WS WI RE, THE PROFESSIONAL THEATRE PROGRAM has selected Studs Terkel's "Amazing Grace" as the original play to premiere at the University next fall under a $25,000 grant from the National Council on the Arts. It was chosent from more than 100 scripts, said Robert C. Schnitzer, executive director of the PTP. Terkel's play deals with what has been termed "the troubled lives of those trapped in the urban pressure cooker." It will re- quire two leading players and will be staged with a Broadway cast and designers under the direction of Marcella Cisney, associate director of the PTP. * COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY STUPENT STRIKE over the issue of class rankings sent to draft boards was averted last week when the administration agreed to "meet students half-way" in their demands to an end to class rankings. Columbia President Gray- son Kirk said grade policy would be reviewed by special meeting of the university council, the highest faculty policy-making body. Student leaders had been planning a class boycott to begin today but agreed to wait for the faculty action. BOSTON UNIVERSITY NEWS, the student paper, has begun a campaign for the impeachment of President Lyndon Johnson with an editorial signed by eight of the nine editors of the paper. The editorial was sent as a letter to House, Speaker John Mc- Cormack (D-Mass.), according tot Raymond Mungo, News editor, calling for an "investigation of the merit of the argument" that lists why the President should be impeached. Boston President Harold Case sent a telegram to McCormack apologizing for the editorial which 'he said did not represent the opinions of the university; no further action against the .: paper has been taken. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY students received a bill of rights yesterday, guaranteeing their right to disagree with an instructor's views, to "good faith" grading and to privacy of records, according to the Associated Press, The rights document, besides spelling out rights and responsi- bilities for students, provides for a university ombudsman to help students cut through red tape and settle their complaints quickly. The proposal is the result of more than one year's work by the Faculty Committee on 'Student Affairs and the Academic Council at MSU. Bust Rumored According to one Rhode Island, student, "There have been rumors of a bust for months. It has long been felt that a list, now amount-' ing to 400 students, has been kept of those associated in any way with drugs. The choice of the 131 dismissed appears quite arbitrary, based mainly on the fact that they were living in dormitories." Another student charged, "The reason couldn't have been aca- demics. One boy had all A's and one C and swore he never had and never would use drugs. All of thet students were in very good aca- demic standing." One professor said, "I don't thinkf anyone is in the dark as to why the students were kicked out. Com- plaints from the dormitories hadt led to the action taken by the administration. Discretion h a d definitely been lacking by the stu- crowd demanded that their names ruled earlier this week. be taken as well. The group then Hatcher expressed hope that the entered Day Hall, the administra- decision on the substantive matter tion building, demanding "equit- of the law could be reached as able treatment" for the seven ac- soon as possible. cused persons. Reach Decision Soon According to Ron Thwaites, "Now that jurisdiction has been editor of the Cornell Daily Sun, established," Hatcher said, "the the student newspaper, an "un- next step is to get a court decision usual number" of faculty mem- on the main question of the Act bers," between a dozen and 18" as it applies to the University. We spoke at the sit-in and a half- hope this opinion will be reached dozen expressed a desire to man soon." the table. Hatcher also said that he regret- The student Scheduling Com- ted the delay that had been en- mittee and Review Board (SCARB) countered in the hearings before had previously passed a motion the State Labor Mediation Board# forbidding the solicitation of on the drawing up of bargaining1 names for the draftcard' b'uriing 'uits and the designation of rep- in Straight Hall. the student un- resentatives for collective bargain- -University News Service NEWLY APPOINTED Regent Otis Smith {D-Lansing) takes his seat at yesterday's Regents meeting. Regents Commend Grad Board Action ion. SDS voted Tuesday night to defy the order and continue the solicitation which had begun last Thursday and Friday. The university took the names dents dismissed." of more persons yesterday but did Another professor said, "As a not attempt to oust them from private institution, Rhode Island the union. Hearings are scheduled has the right to expel anyone, at, for next week, but the students any time, for any reason." whose names have been taken have Cutler Contrasts threatened not to show up. Sus- Contrasting the difference be- pension may follow their action. Conrasingthediferece e- Faculty members are meeting tween state-supported and private Faus e e rs ay meng schools, University Vice President this weekend and may consider for Student Affairs Richard Cut-leaving any move against the er said "t the Universit wedraft-cardburning solicitations up have no history of such summarytohecvlahries dismissals, and in any case, we Several members of Si S said would feel obligated to provide for that the SCARB was stifling free a due process hearing under our speech by restricting their actions. established s t u d e n t judiciary The draft-card burning move- system." ment began earlier this The question of a "due process" tea ersied yhismonth hearing, however, is dismissed by when a letter signed by five stu- a clause in Rhode Island's cat- dents was sent to peace groups alogue and regulations which and to individuals around the states: *The college may at any county. time and without formal hearing The letter asks for the destruc- withdraw the privilege of enroll- " ihon of draft cards on April 15, ment from a student whose atti- "with the understanding that this tude and behavior indicates that ! pledge becomes binding only when his continued residence would not 500 people have made it." be in the best interest of the! Current selective service laws colege" stmake draft-card burners liable for Most of the student body dis- a $10,000 fine and up to five years agreed strongly with the dismis- in jail.I sals. "We felt angry, but there seemed no way to organize ouryU io L e d I resentments and help the 13 stu- 1,VI~,UVG aiaaia By STEPHEN WILDSTROM ing. A number of unions are pres- ently seeking the right to repre- The Regents commended the sent University employes. graduate school executive board Hatcher said, while the Univer- action regarding disturbances dur- sity has contested the constitution- ing a recent panel discussion on ality of the law, it has cooperated the Vietnam war in a resolution fully with the SLMB. Hatcher passed at their regular monthly added that the University has meeting yesterday. continued its "traditional prac- The resolution read: "Resolved, tices of working with represent-, that the Regents support and atives of employes who are mem- commend the statement issued bers of unions." by the Executive Board of the Predicts Cutback Graduate School, and endorsed In addition, Hatcher predicted by Graduate Student Council, in that the proposed ten per cent connection with the disruption of salary increases scheduled for the meeting in Rackham Lecture non-academictUniversity employes Hall March 2. would have to be cut back if the "We particularly note and corn- present level of University ap- mend the intention to apply ap- propriations in the Governor's propriate academic discipline in, budget was not changed. the event of any such conduct byI "We are seriously concerned any student in the future, and we here both about equity for the assume similar intention with! University's non-teaching staff reference to like conduct by un- whose salary and wage schedules dergraduate students." are already below present civil 'Deplores Action' service schedules, and about our 1 The executive council statement ability to keep and attract per- j "deplored" the action of the stu- sonnel," he said. I dents in disrupting the meeting, Hatcher reaffirmed the Univer- which featured Sen. Philip A. Hart sity's justification for challenging (D-Mich.) and Rep. Gerald Ford the constitutionality of the stat- (R-Mich.), and said that "This ute, which grants the right of col- type of interference with orderly lective bargaining to public em- and peaceable discussion is inex- ployes as a threat to University cusable and will not be tolerated autonomy. in a University community." The executive board also sent information to the chairmen of departments whose students were involved in the incident asking them to "discuss with these stu- dents the gravity of their conduct" and tell them that "appropriate action" will be taken in the event of any further such incidents. In other action, the Regents also appointed Prof. Robert L. Hess of the engineering mechanics de- partment as director of the High- way Safety Research Institute. The Institute was established in December, 1965, by a $10 million gift from the automobile industry to develop a comprehensive attack on the problems of traffic safety. Towsley Director Dr. Harry A. Towsley of the Medical School was named direc- tor of the University's statewide program in postgraduate medical education. Towsley has been asso- ciate director of the program since 1955 and has been active in it since 1948. Last month, the Re- gents accepted a gift from the Towsley and Dow Foundations for construction of a Center for Con- tinuing Medical Education. The facility will house the department of postgraduate medicine and will serve 2500 physicians yearly. The Regents appointed Prof. George Grassmuck of the political science department as assistant vice-president to coordinate in- ternational programs. He is the only assistant vice-president in the University at the present time. In this position, Grassmuck will direct the inter-university council on international, which supervises N ew Study Ordered by Regent Board Report Will Cover Defense Department Recommendations By ROGER RAPOPORT Acting Editor At the request of the University Regents the administration agreed yesterday to review 16. U.S. De- fense Department recommenda- tions to improve University em- ployment practices. At their Friday morning meet- ing the Regents instructed "the administration to report at the next Regents' meeting (fn April) on the various recommendations proposed by the Defense Depart- ment and on the efforts the Uni- versity is making to increase the employment opportunities for mi- nority groups," explained Execu- tive Vice President Marvin L. Nie- huss. Discuss Recommendations The report will deal with recom- mendatbns presented March 9 to the University in a report by Wal- ter Greene of the Defense Depart- ment's Contract Compliance Of- fice in Detroit. Among other things Greene re- ommended that "a crash program" ,be immediately established to im- Iprove "exceptionally bad employ- ment practices which currently exist in the School of Engineer- ing." The report on discrimination was discussed by the Regents and the administrative officers forabout an hour Friday morning, Regents Question According to Vice-President Nie- huss, the "Regents raised ques- tions on what we had done and are doing in this area. The qes- tion was could we do more." And we said 'possibly we could.' "While I assume there has been a great deal of discussion of Mr. Greene's recommendations in the individual college'units," said Nie- huss, "the administrative officers have held no organized discussions or meetings to talk about the rec- ommendations individually or as a whole, "This has been a busy week. "There has been a general In- terest in this area (fair employ- ment)," said Niehuss. "The.Re- gents wanted the University 'o make every reasonable effort, The administrative officers agreed. We expressed our interest and they expressed theirs." Review Emplkyment The administration will deal largely with university recruitment procedures and employment. It is expected to cover current univer- sity programs designed to increase economic opportunity such as the school's Opportunity Awards Pro- gram which provides scholarships for students from low-income families. Niehuss said he did not know yet if the April report to the Regents will be nade pubic. At the public Regents meeting Friday afternoon President Hat- cher said that the administrative officers "appreciate the suggest- ions made to us -for improvement. And these suggestions are being referred to administrative officers and the appropriate University units for study. At a future meet- ing we shall report to the Regents on implementation anyd any ad- ditional support which may be needed to carryrout recommenda- tions." Hatcher emphasized "that the University is not acting because of any threat of cancellation of fed- eral contracts, but because it is right to act in this area. What we want to do is to improve our situ- ation wherever possible." Hatcher said that "the head of. the reviewing team which made the survey commented they were particularly impressed by the knowledable posture of most de- partment heads and were pleased to find~ them ve~ry amenable to i- dents," one student said. Study Wide II "s Receive U' Tour of Duty; Lange of Academic Fields By CAROLYN TOLL program is coordinated by the In- United States, but sometimes staff the University's Ford Foundation Would you believe you have to stitute for Industrial and Labor representatives are sent to South Grant for foreign programs. He is go to college to be a labor leader? Relations. America where the union has been also responsible for searching with- You do if you are in the Com- For most of these men, who are organizing. "We're trying to pro- in the University for any interna- munications Workers of America primarily from the South, this is mote a free trade labor movement tional projects which might be (AFL-CIO), and want to become their first experience in college. to prevent a communist take-over financed by federal funds under a staff representative of their in- "When we are staff representatives of labor down there," they said. the International Education Act. ternational union (which, by the we'll have to deal with college edu- The group admitted they were Approval was given to a joint way, really is international). First cated people in collective bargain- fairly conservative on politics. project with the City of Ann Arbor you have to be an officer of your j ing, and in community activities," "The majority of us think we to build a large recreational facil- local, then you must be selected they said. "This program is sup- should be in Vietnam," they de- ity on Fuller Rd. in the North for the almost five-month train- posed to broaden us, make us clared. "But then, we're mostly Campus area. The University will ing program. Finally, you must aware of larger issues." veterans. We just can't pull out pay up to $212,000 for its share in spend 10 weeks studying at the They are also eager to learn and leave Vietnam to the Com- construction of the project, which University. public relations techniques, since munists." will -include an Olympic-sized There are 19 men living dormi- one of their major grievances is swimming pool and a convertible tory-style in the Michigan Union their image in the press. "It al- WhaeIaTheUD iy t- area to be used for tennis in sum- who have been doing just that. ways puts us in the role of the group has read The Daily and at- aer and skating in the winter. Since Jan. 10 they have been pur- bad guys," they complain. "One of tended Voice meetings. They find In other recreational improve- suing a rigorous class schedule of I the public's misconceptions is that the University a pretty youthful ments, Wines Field will be expand- environment." Their impressionsmeuWisFelwllbexad over 20 hours a week - "with j unions are always fighting man- of the student movement: "irre- ed and lighted for nighttime use, plenty of outside preparation, agement. That's just not true. bl anda zed. natural ice rinks will be added to . ,plenty-- -i__of_ o.utside._t., 3sonll a d un ra izd -A'---m-M rl ns ..... f....:....."'h'P.....!l............ s .............:. nt: {'::.?; :s:':i Y:_.......' by '?ti:i %j$