TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1$66 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE PV TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1966 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE FiVE New Book of the Year: Ensian Is a Sellout By SUSAN SCHNEPP atre productions, from comedy to drama to tragedy, diverse in every Tired of thick, heavy, small- respect, and the year's Hill Aud. print, pictureless, gray-brown text- concerts, including music ranging books that usually cost $5 more from May Festival concertos to than anyone wants to pay for the Men's Glee Club to the King- them? ston Trio. So is everyone else. But in the Then there are pictures of Big spring when the dirty snow dis- Ten teams in action. Football, appears to reveal the long-hidden' basketball, hockey, baseball, golf grass and the sun begins to peekI -champions in every sport to through the rein clouds for at arouse the pride and school spirit least a few hours a day, a new of all who call themselves Uni- book suddenly appears clutched in versity students. students' hands as they hurry Turning a few more pages, one across the Diag. of the biggest interests of the Uni- It is a bright-colored, happy, versity-research-springs to life. memorable book that tells its story The mysteries of test tubes, com- with hundreds of pictures and a puters and atomic reactors don't minimum of words. remain mysteries for long as Uni- The Michiganensian is one book versity researchers constantly re- that's never thrown on the pile to veal to the world their discoveries be hauled back to the bookstore in fields ranging from medicine to with a sigh of relief and the hope the social sciences. it will never be seen again. There are pages of pictures of Why not? Because the Ensian the University itself - the wide- is unique. If all the word "year- open beauty of North Campus, book" brings to mind is your 50 the nationally known University page high school annual filled Hospital, the football stadium and with pictures of best forgotten tradition-filled Central Campus, teachers, class prophesies and lists with the Fishbowl and Burton of activities, then you've obviously Tower familiar to every student. never seen the Ensian. But most important are the stu- It's like no other yearbook you've dents themselves. They are seen ever seen before. The Ensian's 300 in every aspect of University life- picture-filled pages spread before in the classroom and library, at you a panoramic view of the Uni- football games, parties, in the versity as quickly or as slowly as dorm, sororities and fraternities, you turn the pages. and with a smile of satisfaction The theme of last year's book, after four successful years. "diversity," would be appropriate What makes the Ensian unique for every Ensian. For one of its is the students themselves. Men, main purposes is present the many and women from every state' in diverse aspects of the University the union and many countries of to each student, who could never the world, from 5000 or 5 miles be acquainted with them all in- they come to be a part of the dividually. University. They are what make There are student organizations the University an exciting, living -men's and women's honoraries, place and the Ensian an alive and S t u d e n t Government Council, moving book. Cinema Guild, campus-wide clubs And the Michiganensian shows like the Ski and Sailing clubs, them all. It is the book of all the and the International Center for students and it is each one's in- foreign students. dividual book because for everyone There are the year's activities it brings back special memories of in review - Homecoming, floats a year at the University that are and concert, Winter Weekend uniquely his own. booths and the sellout Soph Show. That's why the Ensian is never Next there are the many the- resold. Board Synthesizes Control With Publication Freedom Directory Censors Nothing Except Zones The assertion that every student is a number is no myth; in fact, over two hundred pages of pub- lication have been devoted ex- posing each student in the Uni-: versity down to his barest num- ber. The 1966-67 Student Directory, published in October, bars noth- ing except zip codes and zone, numbers in its contents. The directory is published through the facilities of the Board in Control of Student Publications and prepared by the campus chap- ter of Alpha Phi Omega, the na- tional service fraternity. The Student Directory has been recognized for years as a func- tional and meaningful publica- tion. The true quality was cap- tured by Richard Pollinger in his review of the 1964 edition of the S.D.: "The Western World has waited a long time for a work which might truly, yet completely, cap- ture the spirit of mankind; the student directory is a dazzling capstone to the literary arch whi capstone to the literary arch which sits astride the stream of humanity passing through it and proclaim, 'This, then. is life.' "It was, I suppose, inevitable that the ultimate world should take this forth. The greatness of any literary work has always resided in its ambiguity-a direct state- ment of plot has always been simple minded, historically perish- able, and an impediment to uni- versality. "Until now, however, no author has been able to suggest more than a fraction of his story -by in- direction. Faulkner, who rated his favorites by the scope of their favorite attempt, struggled against an imperfect system. "The Student Directory sweeps across the complete scope of hu- manity-a nearly random sampl- ing of the world, achieving near- ly complete ambiguity. Let there be no doubt about it, the Direc- tory is not an easy book to read, but it is the book of life, and na- ture does not easily yield up her secrets to unto lazy students. "Deceptively purporting simp- ly to list its characters alphabetic- ally. the Directory embodies the most perfect symmetry of human experience ever achieved. And there is no dialogue, that old distorter of experience-the reader communicates directly with the meaning. There are a few subtle guide- lines for the novice readers of our generation, but with what elegance and persuasion do they operate! Notice, for instance, the change in type size between Ronald Davis and Samuel Davis; type size in- deed! And the book is not without its private jokes either: look at the pace of Lowrie . . . Lu . . . Lubin . .. Lucarelli or the charm- ing turn-about in late registra- tion: Averbach . . . Baar . . . Ackes .. . Baehr. The world is ready for the Stu- dent Directory Though it might spell the final worod in the writ- er's craft, it will replace the craft." Mr. Pollinger's review does not end here; like the ad infinitum text of his subject matter, the numerical value and praise of The Student Directory cannot be ter- minated. TO VOLUMES ABOVE-"And In Him, Too; In Us" by Konstantinos Lardas; "Living in America" by Anne Stevenson; "Hard Road Nowhere" by R. S. Bronson-represent a project unique in American publishing: an attempt at professional publishing and distribu- tion by a college literary magazine. The fourth volume of the Generation NEW POET SERIES "In His Country" by Nancy Willard, will appear this September. The Series is still available as a series-$7.00--or individually-$3.00 per volume. Books are at the Centicore Bookshop, S. University, or can be ordered by mail c/o New Poet Series, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor. Magazine Editors Show, Technics Rule, Write Too By BETSY COHN As a rule, engineers are thought of as able to handle nothing but rules and figures. Not so in the case of Michigan Tech-nics! They not only build and blueprint but also have a hand in publications. In their case it is a glossy paged magazine emblazoned with the title "Michigan Technic." Published monthly by the Col- lege of Engineering, the magazine is designed to give students an awareness of engineering from the viewpoint of the individual engi- neer on topics ranging from "In the Technic of 50 and 25 Years Ago" to "Transportation Tomor- row" The articles, written by students and faculty members, pertain to what typical chemical, mechani- cal and electrical engineers do. Geared toward a college audience, the articles also center about career opportunities... "Why .. . don't engineering college faculty encourage their students to ex- plore teaching as a career," and other contemporary problems. The magazine also provides sim- plified diagrams of things like "Gravitiy gradient rods," and complex research projects. Under the title of "The Editor's Pen," subjects such as "Anonymity and the Draft" or "Advertising for Educators" are featured. The Technic enjoys the distinc- tion of being one of the oldest en- gineering college magazines as well as the only student publication on campus not responsible to the Board in Control of Student Pub- lications. Originally Technic was a tech- nical journal designed to appeal to professors. It has gradually evolved into a magazine which is less technical and appeals more to students. The goal of future magazines is to expand coverage to other colleges of scientific study and to expnad readership to the literary college. Technic not only gives the stu- dent a creative outlet which is not provided for in the engineering curriculum; but it also gives stu- dents an opportunity to talk with faculty members and deans in the engineering school. Bob Marshall's Book Shop 21 1 South State Street (Across from Lane Hall) OPEN 7 NIGHTS EACH WEEK 'TIL 10 STEPPING OUT of the streamlined stereotype which has become attached to engineers, Technics create and write their own magazine. I',; By MICHAEL HEFFER Freedom of the press can be embarrassing. For as long as there has been a free press, men of all degrees of honesty, dishonesty, capability and inability have found the eag- erness and persistence of news- papers in seeking out and printing the news can be irritating, frus- trating, and even shocking. There is an inevitable reaction against freedom of the press, and when, as in college, socially ap- proved sanctions for controlling the press exist, men often jump at the chance to use them. Therefore many college newspapers are little' more than laboratory papers, per- forming a fine job in providing reporting experience, but allowing ,' 1ttle chance for freedom of ex- p)ession. The Daily, however, is uniquely fortunate in being "controlled" by fhe Board in Control of Student Publications, which does not want to curb The Daily's independent spirit. The board was formed by the University Regents as an in- dependent corporation, with "au- thority and control over all non- technical newspapers, magazines, periodicals, programs and other publications edited, managed or promoted by students or student organizations of the University . for local sale or circulation." Yet the Board actually functions with much less control than the above charge indicates. It confines its control to those publications emanating from the Student Pub- lications Building and has just two f main functions. The first, a relatively non-con- troversial one, involves making sure all publication sare solvent and functioning. The second function of the Board involves two controversial jobs which have served as outlets for criticism of Daily writing, ad- vocation of control-the appoint- ment of the senior, staff, and es- tablishment of editorial controls. Petitioning, the traditional ac- tivity of self-perpetuation begins every winter, when senior publi- cations staff members interview petitioning juniors, who wish their own turn at running the show. The establishment of editorial controls, a fairly broad area, is one which has involved The Daily and the Board in a number of heated disputes: f In 1937, the Board, possibly upset because of the pro-leftist nature of The Daily at that time, decided that all editorials must be signed. The staff at the time felt this was "contrary to all, newspaper practice" and made the editoral page read like."a collec-; tion of personal essays." Strangely enough, as the practice remained, staff members began to accept and prefer signing their editorials. 9 In 1940, the Regents added two faculty members to the Board, making its composition six faculty members and three students. Daily editors charged the Regents were "packing" the Board, because they were disturbed over "radical" editorials..Despite a petition cir- culated on campus by the Student Rights Committee that received over 4,350 signatures, the change stayed. p In 1943, the Board refused to appoint Leon Gordenker to a senior editor's position. The jun- iors felt he should have been. A front page editorial criticized the Board for "the haphazard manner in which the Board investigated the applicants." Senior editors also accused the Board of religious pre- judice, saying the Board did not appoint Gordenker because he was Jewish. The Board denied this in an open letter. . In 1962, the Board rejected the recommendations of the senior editors. The senior editors then quit and seven of the eight juniors the Board appointed quit. The seniors charged the Board was unjustified in overruling the rec- ommendations. In a front page editorial the seniors said that what was at stake was the prin- ciple "That students, given proper training and guidance, can be trusted to manage a great news- paper with maturity, responsibil- ity and good taste." Within a month a compromise was worked out and 'since then there have been no major clashes. Despite these incidents, the re- lationship between the Board and The Daily seems to be a workable one. The students are in actual day-to-day control of the editorial and business operations. No ad- ministrative or faculty "advisor" sees any part of the paper before it is printed. Administration and faculty have learned that when (as The Daily advertises) one reads The Daily with morning coffee-one drinks slowly. A free newspaper makes life exciting. 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