USE OF MARIJUANA: SHOULD BE LEGAL See editorial page IrIr 1Mw igau A6F :43 L I t t4y CLOUDY AND COLDER High-29 Low-l Gusty winds; snow flurries likely Seventy-Six Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVII, No. 90 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1967_ SEVEN CENTS FIGHT PAGES 'U' Planning School For - - i i I 1 Slum Pupils Upward Bound Funds Sought To Finance Student-Run Project By HARVEY WASSERMAN E~dtorial Director The University campus may see a student-run school for Detroit slum children this summer. Ac- cording to Robert Golden ('67) a program is being formulated whereby sophomores and juniorsI from, low-quality schools can "ex- plore new areas of knowledge- philosophy, psychology, etc .-the things they can't get in their high schools. Instructors will be under- graduates. Programs wil 'be de- signed by students with faculty' aid." { A project of this nature is being worked on by the University Steering Committee on the De-l velopment of Academic Opportun- ities in connection with the Health, Education and Welfare Departmnet's project U p w a r d Bound. According to Engineering Prof. Norman Scott, chairman of the committee, the group has been working with the HEW to secure funds to establish such a school in Ann Arbor. Upward Bound is aimed at financing and planning such schools throughout the coun- try. ji k Lti igan ai iI NEWS WIRE One of the main purposes of the progam is to promote the propensity and the ability of stu- dents from slum high schools for going on to college. Student Instruction "We are very pleased at the student interest in the project," Scott said. "Student work and in- struction in this program will make it unique and will contri- bute greatly to its success." Scott said the students are now working through a subcommittee headed by Prof. Donald Brown of the psychology department. "We don't want a plantation ethic in this thing," Golden said. "The program will involve a mutual rec- ognition process and we want it to be of benefit to both the stu- dents who are doing the teaching and the kids." He said there would be an open meeting Wednesday night for those students wishing to work on the project. Project Upward Bound works 1 through the Office ofuEconomic Opportunity and has thus far been responsible for the establish-' ment of a number of such schools throughout the counrty. A similar project is being worked on at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti. Academic Opportunities The University steering 'commit- tee on the Development of Aca- demic Opportunities was created last January to coordinate the University's efforts in attratcing Negro students and faculty. It is composed of 17 members ' who are drawn from all sectors of the campus-from the law school to the department of pediatrics. PERSOI literary wild ma . ...... .... .Gn::G.. ". :J:ttl:k0::IA::: By LISSA MATROSS d "The ultimate form of rebel-b lion," said Leslie Aaron Fied-n 4s ler in his first lecture as Uni- versity writer-in-residence, "is9 just standing there doing noth- ing." Judging from his full sched- ule here, which Fiedler joking- ly calls "an obstacle course," nobody is going to allow him to rebel. "Probably nobody in the his- tory of the world has done any- thing like this," says Fiedler. I'm not really visiting here or even living here. It's more of a peripheral relationship." Even if he is in a peripheral relationship with the Universi- ty, it seems like a dirty trick to provide him with a "suit~e" of rooms at the end of a long, dark corridor in Ann Arbor's version of the Ritz, the Michi- gan Union. "The place presses," says Fiedler with a long-suffering look at the glorious decor of his room. It's almost as if someone got wind of his reputation as "the wild man of literary cri- ticism" and decided to subdue him. rIsi " r epntPd the offer orgin- By The Associated Press BERKELEY, CALIF.-The University of California has halt- ed all admissions for the fall semester pending clarification of drastic budget cuts asked by Gov. Ronald Reagan. Clark Kerr, the school's president, has notified all nine campuses to place a temporary freeze on university admisisons in both undergraduate and graduate schools until a meeting is held on the budget cut next Wednesday. Reagan has stressed that his move to cut the budget of every state agency by 10 per cent includes the University of California and all 18 state colleges. The state college system has also called a halt to admissions. Student protest of the plan is expected before the meeting. PHILADELPHIA - About 5,000 Philadelphia Transporta- tidn Company workers went on strike this morning, halting bus, trolley and subway elevated train service to about a million daily riders. The walkout At 11 minutes past midnight came after nego- tiators for the giant transit firm in the nation's fourth largest city and Local 234 of the Transport Workers' Union, AFL-CIO, failed to reach agreement on a new contract. An economist for the city of Philadelphia estimated. that the daily economic loss will be $5.2 million. A STEERING COMMITTEE on student participation met yesterday to hear the results of discussion led by teams of stu- dent speakers who visited glormitories during the past week polling specific student grievances and promoting resident participa- tion in action on local issues. The meeting's participants formed three committees, to investigate problems of local housing, local prices, and the draft. The housing committee will send out speakers to each dormitory unit this week to attempt to stimulate organization in housing units on particular issues. Such problems as dorm regulations, open-open policies, and problems of Bates housing will be main points of consideration. Another group will research the justification behind recent markups in prices at the MUG and local \bookstores. The com- mittee on the draft will not begin investigations immediately. The results of the committee reports will be presented at a meeting to be held next Saturday at 2 p.m. in the SAB. All interested students, with special emphasis2on dormitory residents, have been invited to attend the meeting. * * * * RONALD S. TIKOFSKY, associate professor of psychology and speech has been named chairman of the University's new doctoral degree program in psycholinguistics. The progam is the first of its kind in the nation. The study of psycholinguistics involves the prediction and control of language behavior, including the learning of a language and speech deterioration after brain damage. EAST LANSING-The head of Michigan's "More Education, More Opportunity" project says the state needs a central clear- ing-house to help each student find the college which can do most for him. David Schultz, director of Project MEMO, said a MEMO survey this fall showed 73 of every 100 Michigan high school seniors want additional education after high school. MEMO, cosponsored by Michigan State University and Michigan's 25 community colleges, provides no financial aid itself. "There is a place in some kind of program in some school or college for every Michigan high, school graduate who really wants to learn more and there is some kind of aid available to every boy and girl who has proven financial need," said Schultz. A clearing-house he said, would benefit the entire state by making an opportunity available to every boy and girl for the maximum amount of education he could, absorb." Meanwhile, he said, MEMO is trying to bring students and colleges together on the basis of information from the survey. -Daily-Grant Holcomb ICERS DEFEAT MINNESOTA, 5-4 Michigan forward Dean Lucier (6) has a shot blocked by the sprawling Don Fraser (30) while goalie Pete Roussopolous stands ready just in case and Wolverine Captain Mike Marttila waits for a rebound to tip in. Lucier scored two unassisted goals including the winner in a tense third period last night as the Wolverines fashioned a tough 5-4 victory over a tenacious Minnesota team that had improved greatly in 24 hours. See page 6 for details. OBSTA CLES REMOVED: MSU Faculty Committee Approves Liberalzng Student Regulations Counseling Procedures Under Study Committee Will Study Proposals To Improve Guidance Functions By LEE WEITZENKORN A system by which literary col- lege freshmen and sophomores would sign their own schedule cards was among proposals for reform of the counseling system made yesterday at a conference sponsored by the Academic Affairs Committee of UAC. Ofher suggestions discussed in- cluded mass counseling sessions to acquaint students with specific departments and concentrations, assigning faculty members to act as consultants on a non-compul- sory basis, and scheduling by computer. The conference, attended by ad- ministrators, counselors, faculty members and students, recognized basic inadequacies in the present registration and pre-classification system. Lack of Communication A lack of commuication be- the student body was criticized, ee th coneig fie and along with the tremendous amount of paper work with which aca- demic counselors must be con- cerned. It was pointed out that many students do not look to counselors for guidance, but rather consider them the men who sign the sched- ule cards. Counselors complained that stu- dents are often unaware of what distribution requirements have to be fulfilled and what courses they may elect. They have very little time for actual advising after they have finished answering these questions. Students, on the other hand, called for an extension of the 20 Iminute time limit placed on con- ferences, and argued against com- pulsory counseling to free the counselors for more serious prob- lems. Scheduling Inequalities Students level criticism at the inefficient system of standing in line to make an appointment with a counselor. It was argued that "first-come-first-served" is an in- equitable basis for scheduling stu- dents into various courses. It was agreed that the pre-reg-. istration period comes too early in the semester, before students have had a reasonable taste of their present c 1 a s s e s. Consequently, many students are unsure of the classes they should take during the next term and many choices must be altered in the course of the semester, Preparation of a class descrip- tion booklet which would illustrate courses in detail was suggested as a means of making students more aware of the content of prospec- tive elections. Departmental Counseling It was also proposed that stu- dents be instructed to take ad- vantage of faculty counseling which is done on a department level. It was, noted that faculty members are often more aware than an academic counselor of the courses offered by his department and often can better advise a stu- dent as to which courses would be most most feasible. An advisory committee, estab- lished by James Shaw, assistant of the dean of the literary college to investigate the proposals made at the meeting has requested further suggestions from students. Shaw said that changes in the present counseling system will be dependent upon the amount of student interest expressed in such revisions. By GREG ZIEREN The controversial academic free- dom report prepared by the Fac- ulty Committee on Student Affairs' at Michigan State University ap-' pears headed for final approval by the Academic Senate and fin- ally MSU's Trustees. With President John Hannah's expression of approval over the posals for student academic free- dom-is vague. Chairman of the Associated Students of MSU, Jim Graham, requested approval of the docu- ment at the meeting of the Aca- demic Council that finally ap- proved the report. But he express- ed misgivingstover revisions made in the report at the request of They say that most of the pro- visions within the report, with significant exceptions, could be completely ignored, thereby ren- dering the report almost meaing- gator" who tries to settle griev- ances and cut bureaucratic red tape for the general populace. Ombudsman it less. The ombudsman to be estab- New Pociesished at MSU will be a member rew Ptlices n of the senior faculty and have The report establishes new poli- access to all university officials cies in several areas. It finally es- from the president down. m section of the report that refer- the Academic Council when it was tablishes a policy of editorial free- Proponents of the report cite red to censorship policies over the first considered in September. dom for the State News, substi- the establishment of a Student- Michigan State campus newspaper, Revision Weak tuting for the present Board of Faculty Judiciary as one of the most important provisions of the the State News, and the Academic Graham commented, "ASMSU Student Publications an advisory report. Through this judiciary, Council's passage last Tuesday of found the first revision fairly ac- board with no control over the students may appeal convictions the document, the last obstacles ceptable, but the present revision content or policies of the paper, from lower judicial bodies. appear to be removed from im- really milked the academic sec- The report leaves final discretion Composed of members of both plementation of the new policy. tion of what we wanted." in editorial matters to the editor- the student body and the faculty, Academic Freedom Even the most severe critics 'in-chief and relegates the new this body could potentially reverse However; critics of the final re- concede that the report could pave board to a merely consulting decisions of President Hannah vised version maintain that the the way for further liberalizations function. himself, the report's proponents report actually creates as many and easing of current regulations. The report also recommends a say, problems as it solves. They -charge But they add that it is not the campus ombudsman, a term bo'r-S that the section of the report they definitive document that they rowed from the Scandanavians to A Step Forward consider most vital-specific pro- wanted. signify a type of "people's investi- Members of the committee, in --_.-_--- .---- answer to the charge that the re- port had been watered down from its original version, say that the Norma See Sub ued rowreport was only clarified, not dl- NSdwluted. One consultant indicated that the report was worded so as to allow interpretation by the Stu- Of U'Research Expenditures dent-Faculty Judiciary. Prof. Vera Borosage, a member' of the committee, saw the report By WALLACE IMMEN interdisciplinary programs, as fa- search activities," Norman noted, as "a real step forward." She "University research programs I cilities in related studies are often "and their participation provides said, "Students will now have will retain their excellence in the scattered among many different not only valuable experience, but many channels to communicate future," according to A. Geoffrey departments and buildings. often determines their choice of with the faculty and administra- Norman, vice president in charge "Most departments have limited professional career." tion where they haven't in the of research, "because of the spe- amounts of space and are not will- "Research will remain an inte- past." cial knack which our administra- ing to relinquish much of it to The original recommendations tion has to put things together new, combined programs," he re- gral part of our educational pro- came outina report issued on and make use of all our resources lated. "If we had the space to cess," he explained. "A teacher- June 8. The 13-man committee to adjust to changing situations. bring together new disciplinary scholar active in research in his that drew up the report was head- Norman predicted a leveling off aggregations, we would increase own field brings new knowledge ed by Prof. Frederick Williams of: this year of the steady increase in our efficiency aild project ca- and new interpretations of knowl- MSU's history department. The research grants which has seen pacity greatly." edge promptly to those he teach- report took six months to com- University research expenditures War May Cut Funds es." plete. NALITY PROFILE /' . . ..... ... ......... dence program is that it keeps him in constant contact with tudents. "Maybe the only thing. ny generation can do is to en- rage in a dialogue with the new ,eneration," he says. Perhaps this explains why Fiedler has maintained a close 'elationship with the university nce to this hypothetical 'someone.' If you keep to teaching you deal with real flesh-and-blood humans." "Another lovely thing about the university is the freedom. You don't have to be a Pav- lovian dog punching a time clock. The professor has to be a model of freedom." It would seem that Fiedler has been a model both to stu- dents and to his own family of six children. 'His eldest son is now living in the Fiji Is- lands. Another son lived on a kibbutz. His youngest son was lead singer in a rock-and-roll band. "The true scholar in my fain- ily is probably my daughter who's a freshman at New York University," he says. Not everything during Fied- ler's stay here has been perfect. "I was whisked out to North Campus the other day. but I really don't have a very clear picture of this campus. It's kind of cluttered, isn't it?" Another less-than-perfect ex- perience was the forum held last week with Ed Robinson. Mike Zweig and Professor Ton- -n "iin-nr alla if " " i -e1 double in the last six years, to Norman admitted there is a ' - reach $52 million last year. This chance that increased federal ex- ranked the University a close see- penditures for the war in Viet- ond behind Massachusetts Insti- nam may reduce the funds avail- tute of Technology in federal re- able for new research proposals.! search support. "But I don't think this is a oari S He said the research expendi- major threat," he said. "The fed- ture rate this year will probably eral budget' for research and de- not show as substantial an in- velopment could be held at the By LAURENCE MEDOW crease as the 8.8 inciease of last present figure or even cut with- year. "But this certainly does not out necessarily reducing support Internal politics are creating mean we have reached the limits for the basic science and engin- dissensions among members of the of our research capability," he eering activities which are carried State Board of Education as they emphasized. out in the universities." face elections of board officers at Strong Faculty He claimed that only about one- their regular meeting Jan. 24-25. "Our high position among un- versities doing research, howeveri ninth of the total federal expend- The controvery focuses on a ,smaintained sr ho ' itures for research supports re- suggested by-law revision which our faculty," he noted. "They are search programs in educational would permit Thomas Brennan to productive scholars and are able institutions. The remaining share succeed himself as president of to secure financial support for is expended by industry, the board. The board's by-laws th eiur research from funding Not Major Setback presently do not allow any officers agencies. But the University does depend to succeed themselves. "But to attract and hold this on federal expenditures for 78 The paradox is, however, while snrt of faculty. more than salary 1 per cent of its total research the five votes needed to change rife Clouds Election In his campaign, Augenstein charged that the Democrats on the board were evenly split into two blocks and that the division has hampered their effectiveness in many instances in the past. He cited deadlocks on the elec- tion of officers when the board took office two years ago, the se- lection of Ira Polley as superin- tendent of public instruction, and yesterday he added the 4-4 tie vote taken on the proposals for medical expansion at the last board meeting of 1966, before he took office. votes for election rather than a majority of those voting. In response to Augenstein's charge of a split in the board, Brennan said that if such a split exists, it comes out mostly around election time and does not inter- fere with normal operations of the board. "Argeement on officer elec- tions would not automatically heal splits," he added. Augenstein said that the split is now delaying action on the Michi- gan State University proposal to expand its present two-year pre- clinical curriculum to a full four- e his own undergraduate .. 'n iF .nrr V ..b T sic * I