BURSLEY HALL: FOR SACRIFICIAL LAMBS See editorial page Sirli!3an 43at*y SPRING High--65 Low-35 Partly cloudy with rain by evening Seventy-Six Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVII, No. 146 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 1967 SEVEN CENTS 1SEVENICINIS EIGHT PAGER IN DEBT: Greek Theatre New Joint Judiciary Closes for '67 Appointees May Not By PHILIP BLOCK duction and thus large donations are discouraged. The Ypsilanti Greek Theatre, a Reasons for the theatre's large unable to raise $505,837 in unpaid debts have been attributed to both debts has decided to postpone its the nature of the Greek theatre 1967 summer season for one year. and the way which last summer's the theatre group also intends season was launched. The Board to ask Eastern Michigain Univer- wanted to reproduce Greek drama sity to include Greek drama in in the United States just as it its present theatre program, was produced in Athens. At its Wednesday meeting, the 'This included converting EMU's theatre's Board of Directors baseball stadium into an authen- adopted the following two addi- tic outdoor Greek theatre, com- tional measures: plete with, a Greek stage four -Immediate efforts will be stories in height. In addition, made to resolve the theatre's Greek drama necessitates a cast $80,000 debt to the Federal Gov- much larger than contemporary ernment. Unpaid pledges amount- theatre because of the use of a ing to $33,000 will be collected to large chorus and orchestra. help pay off this debt. However, the cost of the theatre -The theatre will request that would not have been so high had the Ypsilanti Chamber of Com- it not been for the speed with merce and Industrial Development which the season was launched. Corporation continue its recently Because the entire stage had to assumed responsibility for the be built within five days, con- business management of the struction costs were much high- Uphold Many 'U' Rules By MICHAEL HEFFER Counc City Editor vacant Several students awaiting final ciary. approval of their membership on been in Joint Judiciary Council predict lected that in the future the judiciary still h will acquit all students charged ped Petei with violating rules established by the s administrators or established by Joint students when administrators had condon veto power over them. dentsf The .students are part of a group little r of nine recommended by a joint Stei committee of Student Government four o its 'All7 )T? A W'h r. C' -W-71 il and Joint Judic to fill nine cies on the 10-member judi- Although the students have informally told'they were "se- for membership," they must ave their appointments ap- d by SGC. er Steinberger, Grad, one of tudents recommended for Judic, feels that he cannot ne the punishment of stu- for violating rules they had responsibility for enacting. nberger said that he and thers stated this position on their petitions for Joint Judic. He said he has talked to all the stu- dents recommended and believes that at least six of those recom- mended agree with his position. "Our philosophy is that we are not inclined to enforce aiy rule which has not been passed by a stuident. body which assumes com- plete responsibility for it," he said. "This L quite likely what we will do," said Steinberger. say- ing that he wished to inform the campus of what probably will be the basis for decisions. Judges -Daily-Bernie Baker JAZZ BAND PERFORMS The University Jazz Band performed a t Hill Auditorium last night. --V. ADVISORY COMMITTEE: Students Influence Plans- For Upcoming Residential College theatre. The theatre originally hoped that EMU would be able to supply some financial aid but the pro- posed measures call for no mone- tary contribution on the part of the University. The basic change will be to give the theatre program a more academic atmosphere. Sev- eral professors in the speech or drama department will be ex- pected to fill some positions on the Theatre's Board of Directors. The Ypsilanti Chamber of Com- merce first took over the theatre's financial operations on April 6 for a thirty day trial period. The chamber's manager, Donald Ruf- fer, gave a summary o fthe thea- tre's financial crisis. "Of the total $505,837 deficit, the $80,000 Federal tax debt must be paid before any of the other debt are settled. $270,000 of this balance comprises several out- standing loans and the remainder consists of unpaid local bills." During its fund-raising cam- paign, the theatre has been look- ing for a single large contribution which would lift the theatre into' financial solvency. However, for the most part, contributions have all been small. ei than they would have been normally. Compounded with the unusually high production costs were the un- expectedly low gate receipts. At the start of the season, the au- diences barely filled a few hun- dred of the stadium's 1,020 seats during matinees. Towards the end of the season with increased pub- licity, the theatre began to draw crowds two and a half times as large as the initial audiences. However, the larger gate receipts could only skim off the top of the quarter million debt that had built up. The small audiences were cer- tainly no indication of the type of criticism which the plays re- ceived. Every drama critic in the country gave favorable reviews to Euripides' "Orestein" and to Aris- tophanes' "The Birds," the two I IA Y HE A1(IRRE "TED:Because we are judges and not legislators, our actual decision can only be made when cases come be- fore us., when we are forced to Locai Quakerl's c3C take the responsibility for each individual decision. But I see very little likelihood that our feelings " will change." Aid for Vietnamese Steinberger said he thinks Joint Judic should recognize regulations By LUCY KENNEDY Mrs. Kenneth Boulding, Grad, passed by students who specific- Four Ann Arbor area Quakers one of the Quakers contributing to ally state that their rules are not will risk a $10,000 fine or ten CFSC, said, "We are undertaking subject to administrative veto and years' imprisonment today when this action in full recognition that that they take full'responsibility they donate $1,000 to the Cana- the U.S. Treasury Department in- for them.' dian Friends Service Committee, terprets such action as illegal." a gi'oup that distributes medical The government, she said, bases He believes that such a criteria supplies to civilians in North and its opinion of illegality on the woul4 mean that all non-academic South Vietnam and the National Trading with the Enemy Act of regulations outside of SGC rules Liberation Front. 1917 and the Export Control Act pertaining to student organiza- Libeatio Frot. Itions and elections would fall into The Quakers will be defying a of 1949.-thencaneyons wo int Treasury Department order made This interpretation will be chal- the category of rules joint judic last February, an order denying lenged in court, Mrs. Boulding Americans~ the right to send funds continued. "It is our feeling that No undergraduate student can to relief agencies providing med- no government has the right to be disciplined other than for aca- ical supplies in North Vietnam regulate humanitarian relief even demic reasons without appeal be- I when there is a possibility that fore joint Judic, he said. He added and to Viet Congcontrolledareasuch relief can fall into the hands that under present rules "there is Su Veof an enemy." no GSA power of review of acquit- Joining Mrs. Boulding in do- tal" by joint judic. nating to CFSC are Prof. Robert Students' Rules t? ilS, J udige Blood of the sociology department, Steinberger, who spoke to SGC Glbert Hamilton, a' high school last Thursday about' his position, English teacher in Dearborn, and asd hersdiev sb su dens shou , rMiss Polly Lee, a librarian in said he believes students should Waterford. lay down their own rules of con- By LEE WEITZENKORN tion." Most importantly, however, The Student Planning Commit- minecommitterchtectlpegradir tee of the residential college has system, student government, and been most influential in express- orientation program of the col- ing student needs and desires and lege, she added. in having these plans incorporated The student committee made a into the new college, according to study of the University's present faculty planners of the college. dormitory system and used it as Merle Jacob, '68, a student on a basis for designing the dorms the committee, said, "the commit- for the college. The dorms will be tee has been concerned with all much smaller, having only about phases of the college except for 40 students per living unit. fund-raising and faculty selec- Their plans have strayed away NEWS WWIR~hE r, _ d: a .t ' ,s s , , . t from the long corridor designs of many of the present dorms on campus. Also, many of the double rooms will include a partitioned- off area for studying. Miss Jacob said the students planning committee were also deeply involved with the grading system and to a. certain extent, the curriculum of the college, and worked for the inclusion of pass- fail courses. This system will be used for all language courses as well As some oOthers- plays presented week season. during the 12- MSU, StudEahO e OAKLAND UNIVERSITY'S second residential college - New College-will open next fall. The college's chief aim is to maintain "the values of a close-knit student body" within a rapidly growing university. When it opens, the college plans to enroll about 100 freshmen and 20 sophomores, the Associated Press reported, THE GOOD FRIDAY MARCH of Spanish-American pro- testing migrant labor working conditions in Michigan headed toward the State Capitol yesterday after the group attended Tre Ore services in St. Charles, the Associated Press reported. In Friday's march some carried signs in Spanish reading: "Viva la Causa." Their cause, said Tom Chavez, chairman of Latin Americans for United Political Action, LAUPA, is "workman's compensa- tion for migrant workers, better housing and better education." * * * A TEACHER AT A JUNIOR HIGH school in a deteriorated area of Detroit has been suspended for encouraging his students to produce a play about life in big city ghettos, the Associated Press reported yesterday.' The play has been performed several times in Detroit-area churches. Leslie Biederman, 24, was suspended by school authorities who called the play objectionable.r Parents of children at the school say they will protest to the school board. "The play contains a number of items objectionable for use in school with junior high school students," said Arnold A. Meier, regional school superintendent, in a letter suspending Biederman. * * * * THE ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN school is displaying an exhibition of pre-Colombian art assembled by Robert Huber of Mexico City in its main floor cases. The 72 piece display includes artifacts from the Zapotec, Totonac, 'Aztec, Maya, Tarascan, and Olmec pre-Spanish civilizations ranging in age from 4000 to 400 years. The show was lent through the Four Winds Gallery of Kalamazoo. STUDENT MEMBERS of the advisory committee for the Vice President for Student Affairs held their first open meeting last night. Its purpose was the reception of student opinion and organization of a staff to help develop a well-researched position on the various concerns of the office of student affairs. While the faculty committee .Although the half million debt! was responsible for most of the will have to be paid through out- curriculum, it also followed some right donations, the Theatre ex- of the suggestions of the student pets to facilitate the building of committee, Miss Jacob said. theb $150,000 EMU fund through Among these will be the initiation thiUn tdehe donation willrb of a science course designed for binding on the contributor only ifl non-science majors. the 1968 season is actually pro-j Although the student commit- duced. The idea was suggested be- tee has spent much time discus- cause many board members feltf sing the student government for that contributors had been hold- the college, they decided to leave ing back because of their hesi- the final formation up to the stu- tation to support a dying program.t dents and faculty of the college EMU President H a r o 1 d E. themselves, Miss Jacob noted. Sponberg is expected to presentt During the community govern- the Theatre's plan to the univer- ment orientation week, a commit- sity regents at their regularly tee of students from the residen- scheduled meeting on April 10.r His report will include an up-to- tial college will be selected by lot date account of the Theatre's fi- to meet with the faculty and begin nancial situation in addition to the year-long project of setting up teebenefits tertheatre has to a community government. Al- offer to the. university. ah mmhth stud nent. g cn- The proposed connection with though the student planning com- EMU is believed to have severals mittee will provide some guidelines benefits. First, the theatre would c for the students to follow, these gain prestige as a result of its as- sugestonswil no besociation with the university and$ suggestions will not be binding. consequently might bring about Next year's residential college increased contributions.g students will all be freshmen. Second, the university would bec This may be a drawback in able to use its broader purchasing planning government, the planners power to obtain supplies for thea- fear, because the students will tre at lower cost. It is felt thatc have no experience in college life the haphazard spending of thea and may have little idea about the first season resulted in abnormalt type of arrangement most will operating costs. The Board feels t benefit under, that a more sophisticated buyingr The students hope that a com- procedure is needed if the thea- munity spirit will develop at the tre is ever to become self-sup- porting. college and that the students Finally, the university would P there will become actively involved provide a tax umbrella for con- d in their government, Miss Jacob tributors, making tax-free contri- e said. , butions possible. Under the pres- The student committee's fourth'ent situation, a much smaller o major contribution was the plan- amount of a contributor's income P may be designated as a tax de- a By ANNE BUESSER Students at Michigan State Uni- versity for the first time last semester helped to determine fel- low classmates' grades. According to Prof. William Lash- brook of the MSU speech depart- ment, "student desires for respon- sibility" have been partially satis- fied at MSU where students par- ticipate in peer evaluation. At MSU student evaluations count 11 per cent toward the final grade given to 623 students in in- troductory speech. Enlarges Class Enrollment Besides giving students more 'esponsibility, Lashbrook said, peer evaluation helps students learn the bases of criticism and enables the speech department to handle twice as many enrollees. In the MSU program, each in- structor is assigned 50 students, divided into two groups of 25 each. The instructor alternates between groups and, in his absence, panels of students evaluate the speeches of classmates according to pre- determined guidelines. In Ann Arbor, Prof. Howard Martin of the University speech department said that peer evalu- ation was not an official policy of the curriculum, although several teaching fellows have been experi- menting with them on their own. 'New Re-Education Process' "It would involve a whole new re-education process," Martin ex- plained. "For the most part stu- dents are accustomed to being evaluated by the instructor." Because there is no incidence of overcrowding at the University, peer evaluation is not necessary to alleviate the burden of overworked N t.7 TI LF / instructors, Martin continued. Asked if he thought students should have opportunity to speak in the more relaxed atmosphere of an. all-student audience, Martin said, "Fear is a damn good thing. We can't always remove the trials and tribulations from the world ... it isn't like that. We can't sit in our own family all our life." One of the speech department's teaching fellows who is allowing his students to evaluate each other's performances, James Holm,' Jr., said, "I'm attempting to allow students to criticique not so for grading as for effective listening and sensitivity training as an au- dience." Judge Effect With active communication be- tween the teacher and the stu- dents, Holm continued, the in- structor can also judge the effect of oral presentations on the stu- dent audience. Without student opinions, "all we perpetuate are our own prejudices and biases." 'Basic Belief in Peace' Blood called the action "a new application of basic Quaker belief in peace." He feels that the dona- tion is a more positive application than objection to military service or refusing to pay federal income tax. Hamilton said that the con- tributors had the assurance of CFSC that the money going to North Vietnam and the National Liberation Front would be used only for civilians. Atonement for Vietnam "This is only a token of what we would like our country to do to atone for the suffering of the Vietnamese people," Hamilton added. The practice of CFSC and the Red Cross has been to supply funds for medical supplies in equal proportion to North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and the National Liberation Front. The American Friends Service Committee also divided funds equally between the three groups until February's Treasury Department order. duct. He asserted that this is im- possible w h e n administrators make the rules or when students make the rules when adminis- trators can veto them. "Residence hall councils and judiciaries, if they do not assume complete responsibility for mak- ing and enforcing their rules, could find all their penalties re- versed on appeal to joint judic," he said. "If they did pass and enforce rules not subject to veto, joint judic would probably refuse to hear any appeals from house Judi- ciaries, except on due process grounds. This would leave the dorms completely autonomous in passing and enforcing the rules that affect dorm people alone." He added that rules of campus- wide application, such as driving regulations, could be enforced by joint judic if SGC asserted juris- diction and passed them not sub- ject to veto. Freitag Sees Space Program Contributing to Human Welfare By DAVID LLOYD Capt. Robert Freitag, director of the Manned Space Flight Cen- ter Development, predicted yester- day that space stations and monthly lunar excursions could be accomplished by the early 1970's. Speaking before the National Student Sesquicentennial Confer- ence, Freitag warned against ning of an orientation week for " the college's first class. This pro- gram will coincide with the orien- tation activities offered by the 1 30 Possible University. a. Candidates Considered "tunnel vision" interfering with the opening of broad prospects in space. He said viewing the space effort as a "race" as an example of this shortsightedness. He also encouraged today's youth to pre- pare themselves for an unpredic- table, but challenging future in space. "To stand still," he said, "is to fall behind. "The challenge is to search continually for new knowl- edge." Freitag pointed to the proven utility of space in such fields as mapping, oceanography, global communication and meteorology. Future refinements of a "resources analysis system" could enable man to mark the progress of crops, guard against water shortages, and predict the harvest yields. While such a system is not in the near future, it could, according to Freitag, evolve from continued ad- ad- n + a r - a M n "Man's survival depends on knowl- edge" according to Freitag, and the space effort is a major stimu- lation'to new ideas in an increas- ingly small world. Included in the lecture was the showing of the film "The Twelve Gemini," "Gemini" shows how the objectives of the Gemini flights-- long duration, rendezvous and docking, re-entry flight path con- trol, extra vehicular activity, flight and ground proof proficiency are achieved. Freitag said that our success in the space age "vitally influences our prestige in peace." The 'open news coverage of United States launchings, he continued, portrays "a nation of great capacity and determination." He also noted that the Soviet Union spends two to three times more on its space pro- gram than the U.S. does. Key Stimuli' Special Orientation S a However, the committee's tac- In Searchfor W riter-In-Residence ulty advisor, Prof. Ellis A. Wunsch of the English department, terms R, TDTTH ROMTANfUn m 11..nCaA 'Pd'.-.r. Da,-1nannia nr,- the 0*~ 4-ha nnrnrnm the college's orientation "a dif- ferent kind of pi'ogram which Stakes advantage of a small con- munity of students and faculty." For example, the students have nnned a freshman seminar at ny JJ r 1iik)ilr The search for a successor to Leslie Fiedler got underwayrlast week as the Writer-In-Residence Committee began sending letters . to 130 prospective candidates. program, empnaslzeu aary tenz jamin, '68, general chairman of the 1967 planning committee. The 14-member committee was responsible for bringing Fiedler to the University last January. --- o i a iv fn f- -vtn -r m i peope 1aware LI.We3 rugr ain existed and proved that it is not necessary to have an eminent per- son in order for the program to be a success." The intensive publicity cam- mnrr rw^Ain - er hn - m4a