ire i i i i . Seventy-Sixth Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS FEIFFER 1, here Opinions Are Free, Truth Will Prevail 420 MAYNARD ST., ANN ARBOR, MICH. NEWS PHONE: 764-0552 Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This mus t be noted in all reprints. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1966 NIGHT EDITOR: LAURENCE MEDOW . I I FPA Acts Wisely On Draft Referendum AFAUICA AFF CG; OUR MATLQLtXL ITS APPAWO~X (xArTe cr FOR&I1 Ti fINCAb YEAR 606O0 ACCEPT 40000 PAL- !1JTO THE1 C15AURoPVOO 2 12 f~j TA14 A49 TO M1!g ,OS HN TOAY IS THE CATIOMA CON PWX THAT TH6 tdoFt9 H-AS EVES' PO5 56Ss2t2" CIEl "I TS~ F! IOGS AW3 ITS PRIUO$OPtIY, ARE MAKU3O A 'Q1&?)tf6Akl' CDM1TRIUT(O&) -10 THE MOXWIA1ON THAT 6 5SOEePW) mTo CsUr T WTIP6 AN6RLCM! 'CRgXOL WST M." TO 1r$E Rb1 THE FRATERNITY Presidents' Assem- bly Thursday night passed a resolu- tion declaring its support of the Student Government Council's referendum on the draft, and its desire that the decision be binding on the administration's policy. Not only is the FPA's support of SGC a commendable move, but the discus- sion that accompanied the decision was also enlightening. At last month's meeting the Assembly greeted a proposal on the referendum with so little enthusiasm that not one member seconded the motion; thus no debate was opened on the issue. AT THURSDAY'S meeting debate was opened and Nelson Lande, '67, the sponsor of the resolution, answered ques- tions concerning the referendum and its relation to the resolution. After discussion bogged down, Richard Van House, '67, IFC president, asked Stu- dent Government Council President Ed Robinson, '67, to come before the As- sembly, and clarify the issues before them. After further discussion the resolution was passed. The discussion was promising in that it demonstrated the FPA's concern in matters that affect the student body as a whole-not only those that are limited to the affairs of the fraternity system itself. WHILE SUPPORTING the referendum as a whole, the FPA wisely avoided taking a position on any of the particu- lar issues in the referendum. The FPA should serve the fraternities and the student body, in issues such as the draft, by acting in a public relations role. Their purpose is to make the issues and arguments known to the public, to arouse the students' interest in the is- sues, and thus put a greater number of students in a position to decide for them- selves. If the FPA were to take a position on the issues in the referendum, it would be detrimental to its role of public in- former. IN THE FUTURE we hope that the FPA can continue to discuss matters on the same level of constructive curiosity. Such discussion can only further the knowledge of FPA's members and stimu- late meaningful proposals in the future. Both will help FPA. We also hope that the FPA will con- tinue to address itself to issues that con- cern not only fraternities, but also the general welfare of the student body - such as the movement to lower the vot- ing age to 18. Its active involvement in these mat- ters can combat the apathy that is all too often formed by a lack of public knowl- edge of the issues involved. Van House's desire that the individual houses partici- pate in the speaker program organized by SGC to inform students of the issues, is a desirable step in this direction. --RONALD KLEMPNER -MARK R. KILLING SWORTH Editor 16~ THE )CATO' CRAT TAVO 6 G6bF CAO t[2 00 15~ UTE.Mfl,-- VOV! ACS. OFA~ VOO, RS. P15 *sS z a.. Tougaloo:How To Grow a Colleg By CLINTON BOURDON Collegiate Press Service U NDER SUCH "Pop" titles as "Matriculation Matrix" and "How to Grow a College," recent issues of two major architectural magazines, Progressive Architec- ture and Architectural Forum, featured enthusiastic reviews of the new proposed master plan for Tougaloo College, Miss. The design, prepared by Gun- nar Birkerts & Associates of Birmingham, Mich., under a grant from the Cummins Foundation of Columbus, Ind., received wide pub- licity for incorporating some of the more revolutionary concepts current in both architecture and urban design. THE PLAN is designed to be completed in stages and will trans- form Tougaloo's rolling 500-acre campus, now dotted with plain box-like brick buildings, into a single inter-connected structure containing all the facilities of the college. At ground level are drive- ways, parking area, and delivery access. Above these, rising on piles sunk through the unstable clay of the hilly site, is the central "matrix" of the college: lecture halls, sem- inar rooms, offices, laboratories, and administrative offices. This structure, from one to three stories high depending on space needs and topography, is designed for "maximum flexibil- ity and original planning as well as for future alterations and ad- ditions." This planned fluidity of interior space is belied by the external clarity and rigidity of the "matrix" elements. A WALKWAY system over the rooftops of the matrix provides access to the third level of dormi- tories: long linear two-story bands crossing the academic level at right angles and extending out over the slopes on massive pil- lars. The dorms ;are planned in linear series of independent "hous- es" of 50 students with a resident counselor. Though all of these elements are organized on a rectangular grid, the most creative aspect of the design is that it actually func- tions as a radial system. Each of the linear elements, isolated in the landscape at one end, leads directly into the core of the cam- pus. HERE the overlapping systems of academic and residential struc- tures create a framework for the central plaza that contains the few entirely separate units on the campus: the library, gym, theatre and the only freestanding, sculp- tural building, the chapel. As an introduction to the whole complex, two. widespread arms of dormitory structure create a vast funnel-shaped space leading to the heart of the plaza. Exchange students, returning to Northern universities after a semester at Tougaloo, have re- marked on the air of informality and flexibility of its students and faculty concerning the attitudes in and the location of classes. Birk- ert's plan attempts to realize this atmosphere by mixing academic and activity space with housing. IN THE ARCHITECT'S words, he tried to "1) build a total aca- demic community... which does not reach back stylistically Into tradition and nostalgia; and 2) to create a 24-hour philosophical and physical environment where living, learning, and socializing are merged and where maximum ex- change is ensouraged between stu- dents, faculty and community." Not only does this type of plan- ned college create such a com- prehensive educational environ- ment, it also promotes the kind of close social contacts and over- lapping uses of land characteris- tics of urban life. This is no accident, for it is hoped that the very "urbanity" of the place will help students from the still predominantly rural South to adjust to a contempor- ary and totally urban culture. The effects of this social and cultural shock-if, indeed, "shock" can be produced by a town of 2500-are, of course, yet to be seen. (Bourdon is a staff writer for the Brown Daily Herald.) 4 Radock's Advisory Board STUDENT PARTICIPATION at the Uni- versity's top level was given a boost recently with the establishment of an advisory board to Vice-President for Uni- versity Relations Michael Radock. Radock has been working closely with Student Government Council since early 1965 to plan the basis, structure and func- tion of the committee.. Ideally, the committee will act as a communications link between students, student organizations and the University relations staff. RADOCK WILL DISCUSS policy prob-, lems and suggestions with committee members, and they in turn will act as a "sounding board" for the opinions of var- ious organizations and campus groups. The committee is composed of public relations directors from student organi- zations such as SGC, University Activi- ties Center, Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic. It is chaired by Bob Smith, '67, SGC representative, and will operate semi-autonomously. The group will hold two monthly meet- ings-one of its own, and one with Rad- ock. THE COMMITTEE'S potential is great. But it is up to the committee's mem- bers to take the initiative and utilize that potential. If they do, the group will not be a mere opinion gatherer for Radock, but rather a body with genuine influ- ence in the University's public relations operations. Such influence could give the student organizations involved a part in the de- termination of general University policy. Right now, however, the committee's mere existence is significant. -SUE SCHNEPP Letters: A Reluctant Vote for Vivian Expensive Scrap Pile A LEGISLATIVE paradox: how can one of the decade's most publicized scien- tific research' programs be more expen- sive to abandon than estimated original- ly to complete it? The answer is governmental indecision and stalling. The program is project Mohole, an am- bitious attempt to bort through about six miles of the Earth's outer crust to ex- plore the composition, magnetism and temperature of the mantle. BATTED AROUND for four years, the program gained the nickname "project Nohole" and the on-again, off-again character of its planning ran up a tab of $20 million, Highly publicized and heavily funded by the National Science Foundation, its scope broadened from its inception as a $15 million drilling in 1962 to a $127 mil- lion behemoth in 1966. It encountered op,- position all along the way, but its pro- ponents managed to push it to the point of awarding contracts. LAST MONTH, when Congress finally refused to appropriate any more funds for the project, a half-built drill rig and specially designed bit became surplus and several dozen program directors were out of a job. Total cost of abandoning the work and disposing of the equipment will run more than $16 million. With a little more forethought and co- operation, the $36 million spent for this fiasco cost could have completed the pro- gram and we would now have valuable AS IT IS, we have only a very expensive pile of scrap metal and some bitter memories. Anyone want to buy a 17,000 foot drill bit? -WALLACE IMMEN ThePresident IN A RECENT New York Review of Books article, Hans J. Morganthau had some thought-provoking things to say about the state of the presidency today: ".. , TODAY THE POWER of the Presi- dent sweeps all before it. The Su- preme Court has become his ally, and the Congress stirs but half-heartedly an in- effectually in its bondage. "Mass communications, with very few and again half-hearted exceptions are at his service. The individual citizen oppos- ing the President's powers and policies, may fulfill the mission of keeping the voice of conscience alive, but as for his political effectiveness, he might as well talk to himself. "'WHEN THEODORE ROOSEVELT said that he had only one wish, to be for 24 hours President, Congress and the Su- preme Court at the same time he was daydreaming. Lyndon Johnson has achieved what Theodore Roosevelt was dreaming about, and for more than 24 hours. "What is so ominous in our present situation is not that the President has re- asserted his powers, but that in the proc- ess he has reduced all countervailing powers, political and social, to virtual To the Editor: A Letter to Rep. Weston E. Vivian THE CONGRESSIONAL race in which you are involved has caused me to undergo a most pain- ful kind of soul-searching. In a sense, it has crystallized all the issues which have plagued me during five years of various kinds of political activity. It has especially caused me to ree-xam- ine my decision of last spring to actively work for the Democratic party. I will vote for you in this elec- tion. But I think you should know how much I resent being in the position I am in-one which, I am sure you realize, is shared by many voters in this district, I WANT my vote to be as moral and as meaningful as possible. A vote for Elise Boulding would cer- tainly be moral. She sees, as you apparently refuse to, that the war in Viet Nam is the issue which pervades all our lives, which over- shadows and encompasses every other. But in an election as close as this one, a vote for Elise Bould-' ing clearly jeopardizes your chanc- es for re-election. It is therefore fortunate for you that your Re- publican opponents is so com- pletely unpalatable to most of us. If Mr. Esch were only a bit better, or you a bit worse, Elise Boulding would be the only pos- sible alternative. In casting my vote for you, I am voting for a man who has shown himself so contemptuous of voters that he feels that an "is- sue-oriented" campaign would be political suicide. I am voting for a man who has rejected a large body of previous supporters for what are appar- ently reasons of political self-in- terest. I am voting for a man who has refused to speak out on Viet Nam or the House Committee on Un- American Activities during the campaign, and who even appears to wince when his more liberal statements are quoted in public. BUT I CANNOT vote for Elise Boulding because I am not con- vinced that such a vote would have any practical meaning. I feel certain that a few thousand votes for Mrs. Boulding will go unno- ticed in LBJ's consensus tower. If there is any chance that my vote for you will be interpreted as approval of the administra- tion's Viet Nam policies, let me at least make it clear to you, my spokesman in Congress, that the opposite is the case. The alternatives, as I see them, are these. You may win the elec- nothing in your record which con- vinces me that your concerns are genuine. You do need Republican votes to win this election. But many Re- publicans recognize the hopeless- ness of our present course, and would welcome such proposalsas U Thant's for ending the war. And even the harshest pragmatist will tell you that you also need the votes of the alienated Democrats. Most of all, you need the cour- age and integrity to take a stand, regardless of the fact that elec- tion time is here. -Wendy Roe, Pre-classification To the Editor: THE INJUSTICES and ineffi- ciencies that result from the process of preclassification are well-known features of our uni- versity. I have experienced them over and over and I am convinced that my academic career has suf- fered because of them. I tried to understand and accept. After to- day's occurrences, my tolerance has been exhausted. Please listen to my story. I am a serious student who is very much concerned with getting a valuable education. I've learned somewhere along the way that it is important to get preclassifica- tion done early so as to get my desired courses before they close. I MADE' an appointment with my counselor minutes after the office was open for appointments. I worked out a good program that my counselor was pleased to sign without question since he was run- ning 45 minutes behind schedule. I breathed easy. I had signed up early. Nothing could be closed. I was excited about my courses- especially an English course with one of my favorite professors. Is it possible I beat the system? (I bet you know the answer al- ready!) WELL, a few days later I heard a rumor that the time schedule was wrong. My favorite professor was not teaching the section in- dicated, but the other one. I. checked with the English de- partment and they affirmed the rumor. I went back to the coun- seling office to get a "drop and add" slip planning to switch sec- tions. But wait, there is no al- lowance for section switching. That's up to the department. I returned to the English de- partment and I am told I must wait until registration. NOW I'M NO DOPE. I've dealt with the English department be- fore and I know all the sections are closed to those who preclassi- fied by the time registration comes.. The absurdity is that the course is open now but there is no way for me to get into it. My sup- posedly valuable early preclassi- fication appointment and the eternal inaccurate time schedule fouled me up. My only alternative was to with- draw my preclassification mater- ials and take my chances at reg- istration in January. This seems to be the only way for a student to beat the system and to some- how control his selection of cours- es. IF THIS BE SO, and students catch on to this method, preclas- sification will be ignored and reg- istration will become a wild and unmanagable orgy. The system will truly have been beat, and a new one will have to be devised. -Sarah Pokempner, '67 Fletcher Hall To the Editor: FLETCHER HALL was built by the Dormitories Corporation, composed of alumni who bought stock for the purpose of provid- ing inexpensive student housing. When Fletcher had paid for it- self, the stock was to be retired, with the University owning the building. Unfortunately, Fletcher was mismanaged from the beginning. There wasn't a still in the attic, as Becky Klock maintains in her article (Oct. 7) in the Daily, but on Nov. 2, 1929, Fletcher was raided by police acting on a tip that it was being used as a bootleg distribution point. A quantityof liquor, discovered in the attic, was seized. Nation- wide publicity followed, provok- ing the University to order all students out of the dorm for the rest of the semester. WITH THE DEPRESSION, af- fairs of the Dormitories Corpora- tion deteriorated further. Annual reports weren't filed for two years, so the corporation lost its char- ter. Following. stockholder urging, the University purchased Fletcher Hall at a tax sale in 1933, although not, as Miss Klock writes, "eager" to do so. In 1931, Shirley Smith, Univer- sity secretary, wrote: "If any co- operation of ours is going to be misunderstood as indicating any- thing like eagerness on the part of the University to secure the building, we wish to avoid any such false position." SURE, Fletcher had girls, but not from 1950 to 1960, as The Daily, which announced on Mayt 19, 1954, that women would be moving in, should know. The change was made because of a women's housing shortage. The ar- rangement was to be temporary, and after Markley was built, demise it served as a pilot proj- ect for the Oxford Housing ex- periment, which flourishes still. So Oxford Housing also is in- directly descended from Fletcher Hall, granddaddy of men's dorms at Michigan, -Wystan Stevens Fletcher President, 1963 Vote at 18 To the Editor: THE VERY SLOGAN of the Michigan Citizens' Committee for the Vote at Eighteen indi- cates their vulnerability to falla- cious logic and what Plato would call "sham oratory." It is very true that one is old enough to fight, and, if necessary, die for his country at the age of 18; however, the qualities de- manded of a competent soldier are far different than those re- quired of a responsible voter. In the first situation, one must have a sturdy body and the bare minimum of intelligence neces- sary to comprehend the instruc- tions of his superior; voting re- quires the intelligence to differen- tiate between the candidate's po- sitions on pertinent issues (the physical composition of the per- son involved is irrelevant). THE SOLDIER is led into bat- tIe, and is given specific directions concerning proper procedure; the voter is alone in the poll booth, and must make his decision ac- cording to the beliefs he has for- mulated through mature and ex- perienced judgment. The soldier merely executes policy; the voter must determine it. Using the same slogan, would\ you then continue and say "Too old to fight, too old to vote!" or "Women and 4-F's don't fight, therefore they shouldn't vote!"? Really, now. THER ARE several valid rea- sons why one should be allowed to vote at 18. Why, then, do you attempt to further your cause by the use of a slogan which, when examined, indicates a lack of ability to dis- criminate between a statement which is right, and one which merely sounds right? -Naomi Richman, 170 LETTERS All letters must be typed, double-spaced and should be no longer than 300 words. All let- ters are subject to editing; those over 300 words will gen- erally be shortened. 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