PAGE EIGHT THE MICHIGAN D,% 1 Ll TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1966 PAGE EGHT T~E MIC~GAN DA. .TUEDAY..AGUST.3..... , I Animated University Professors O Counteract Machine-like Standard Freshmen will soon-if they for students and their disgust with and offering only a rehashing of Prof. Michael Benamou of the haven't already-become familiar the Viet Nam war and foreign textbook material. French department, although he with one of the most salient and policy. One of the 39 arrested last It would be appropriate at this teaches only graduate courses, has overworked complaints about the point to also cite the creative ap- involved himself with undergrad- large, impersonal University-that fall for sitting-in at the Ann po o sc eate uates' interests as a member of Iproach of psychology departmentuae'itrsssammbro undergraduates rarely or never Arbor draft board, he conceived teaching fellows, some of whom the faculty planning committee for see the distinguished faculty this the idea for the new course he 4 have reorganized the traditional the Residential College. Benamou institution prides itself on but offered last winter called "Social recitation set-up to provide tu- has worked as coordinator of the allows to be buried with research Analysis of Revolution" while in torials or smaller, seminar-type intensive language program for or publication deadlines. jail, according to his fellow sit- classes for students who have de- the Peace Corps. The complaint is legitimate to inners. sired them. John J. Manning Jr., an English, a certain extent, but. there are The course is one of the few Prof. Marvin Felhein of the instructor working for a PhD. Ain some notably refreshing excep- which roquired no examinations. English department has involved 16th century historiography and tions, rarely recognized by those himself with extracurricular ac- literature offers a sympathetic who revel in attacking "machine- campus groups on the topic of tivities of undergraduates as well .ear as administrative assistant in like, diluted educational stan- revolution, conducting a series of as demonstrated a -deep concern the junior-senior counseling office dards." lectures on that subject during for their academic lives. He has and a cogent voice for student ac- Perhaps the most prominent of winter semester at Guild House, acted as an advisor for the Honors tivism. He has often spoken ap- Perapsthemos prmientof witersemstr a Guld ous, literary publication, Offset, and provingly and appealingly for these exceptions is Prof. Anatol headquarters for the Ecumenical Itearyamuberoath, Reeo-n d entsgyand appeaingaymin- Rapoport of the psychology de- Campus Ministry, was a member of the Reed Coin- students taking a role in admin- prtote psychlogyhe-ampusMinimittee, which in the early 1960's istrative decision making. partment, senior research mathe- Prof. Richard Mann of the psy- outlined suggestions for liberaliz- English protessor Donald Hall, matician at the Mental Health Re- chology department has demon- ing Office of Student Affairs' poet-in-residence and poetry edi- serhIsiue ehsapidstrated his interest in under- policy. , observations of his widely recog- tor of Harper's Magazine, current- nized research on "game theory" graduate education by working While speaking frequently on his ly has his production of "An to international politics but does with a group of teaching fellows Ispecial interests in literature, he Evening's Frost," on a former not ensconce himself within the on a restructuring of psychology also addresses students on aca- famed poet-in-residence, touring conine ofhi~schlary wrk. 101 and the institution of a pro- demic policy and their role in tento.I h otrcn gram offering beginning students helping make it. He early express- ceativeiarts festial, he acted in One of the organizers of the a chance to participate in field ed his opposition to plans for a a production of one of Alfred 1965 teach-in and last spring's work. "Project Outreach," as it is residential college. Jarry's rarely seen "Ubu" plays. China conferencesRapoport fre- called,involves students in work Felheim has expressed his good Hall has been sometimes piqued quently addresses student gather- at such places as Northville Men- opinionaofblectur-stylemclassesd ings, especially those sponsored by tal Hospital, an experimental ele- constant point of student criticism, at the Daily's "distorted" concept Voice political party. mentary school called "Children s He obviously has a valid point, at of "culture," and took pains es- gAdothe familarfgure tun- Community School," a boy's train- least a f a his own es pecially to express his dissatis Anth famiia nnur tlo u-heatas arachswnletue dergraduates, philosophy Profes- ing school and institutes for so- are concerned. His Shakespeare faction with an editorial criticiz- cnr 7Wrf-hinfR~r-nn hascially maladjusted children. class is alwa s full if no ing the building of a new theatre Att Aver- ing the .undingIA.fAaAnew theatre k4 A Professor Frithjof Bergmann, philosophy department Professor Alexander Eckstein, economics department 'American Association of Professors: Aims at reserving Academic Freedom 5Or r ijoi tergmaiu , V ta played an active role in teach-ins The program was instituted with and has spoken at Voice rallies, the desire to permit students to His undergrad-level courses in apply "textbook principles" to ac- "Philosophy and Literature" and tual situations. Accompanying the "Contemporary Continental Phi- "Outreach" idea was an elimina- losophers" are consistently closed tion of the massive psychology 101 early during preregistration. lectures given in Hill Aud., often A popular young sociology pro- attacked previously, along with fessor, Thomas Mayer, has assum- other large-scale lectures, for ed an even more intimate concern creating a feeling of anonymity crowded, even though one of the sections meets on Saturdays. Felheim has said that he pur- posely asks to teach Saturday classes, because he knows that students who sign up for his course do so because they are interested in having him for a teacher, not merely in finding a convenient hour to take a required subject. And, Felheim's students do seem to intensely appreciate his teaching. Early last fall when Felheim became ill, their dis- appointment was obvious when attendance, previously near per- fect, dwindled for substitute lecturers. at the expense of more urgently needed student facilities, But the quibbling that ensued was not really surprising; the Daily and any defenders of "art, beauty, esthetics" never have been the best of friends.{ A professor who should be of{ particular interest to students fearing a revocation of the II-SI deferment is Ross Wilhelm of theI business school. In an issue of thej Nation last fall, Wilhelm outlined a proposal for increasing salariesE for the armed forces, putting them on a voluntary basis and thus eliminating the necessity for the draft. Welcome To Michi an When you selected MICHIGAN you chose the best NOW Select your BOOK STORE with the same care--- Ask any upperclassman and you too will become an ULRICH'S customer- DEPENDABLE COURTEOUS Since 1929 FRIENDLY By BETSY TURNER The American Association of University Professors, a local as well as national organization, de- fines its main purpose as the pre- servation of academic freedom. By using the term "academic freedom" AAUP implies that each professor at a given institution has the right to express his views on any subject without the fear of re- prisal. Infringements on this freedom of speech and deterrents which are presented to the professors to keep ii in Irom ex rcismng uii. r free- dom are the main concerns of the national chapter. Professors from colleges and universities across the country compose this national organiza- tion. "About 7 to 8 hundred pro- fessors who teach at the Univer- sity are members of the national chapter," commented George Hay, chairman of the math department and president of the local chapter of AAUP. Tne AAUP has no legal powers but it does wield a lot of political pressure in the form of censure. If a member of the organization feels that his rights have been violated by the college or university at which he is teaching he may con- tact the national AAUP organiza- tion. It then sends a representa- tive group to investigate the situ- ation. The investigation involves interviewing and questioning both officials of the particular univer- sity administration and faculty members. If the investigators consider the complaint justified they will in- form the university or college in cue. -Lon of the digcovertd vajid- ity. If the committee receives no positive response to its findings, the institution which has been in- vestigated is placed on the AAUP censure list. AAUP members are advised not to accept positions offered to them by the listed institutions until they h: a cqrrecu d 1he cnditions which led to censure. The University was placed on the AAUP censure list from 1955- 1959 because the AAUP felt that Sm" o ith R genu v-lows vio- lated the rights of faculty mem- bers The AAUP also makes state- ments and takes stands on issues which concern the academic world. At the natnional convention held on April 29 and 30 of this year, in Atlanta, Georgia, the decision was made not to endorse the strike ac- to use. The local chapter of AAUP is concerned mainly with giving its members and other interested in- dividuals a chance to discuss issues which effect the field of teaching and academic freedom. The question of the teaching fel- low's role in 'the University has been of great interest to the local AAUP chapter: At one of their re- cent meetings, teaching fellows were invited to present their side of the issue. The purpose of the AAUP meet- ing is to make available the oppor- tunity for open forum where ideas and points of view can be discuss- id he formation of a definite statement on agiven issue is not a part of the goal. Such was the case on the teaching fellow issue. The professors generally held the viewpoint that teaching fellows were not part of the faculty but were students. Further, the money which they receive is not a salary but rather a fellowship, a type of, grant. "The teaching fellows are tion taken by the faculty of St. learning a profession which they John's College in New York. Al- hope to practice the rest of their though the AAUP recognized the lives. If the salaries are increased faculty grievances as valid, they felt that striking was not a suit- as substantially as the group de- able protest method for teachers mands, the professors' salaries A4 would have to be cut. This would defeat the entire purpose of the graduate program which caters to the teaching fellow. Professors would leave and the level of excel- lency would certainly decline," Hay commented. Another issue concerning AAUP .s wilen and 'where the university professor should, ethically speak- ing, present his personal political views to his students. The question of participation in teach-ins and formation of classroom discussions on politics which have no rela- vancy to the subject being taught, were also discussed. Participation in a faculty union was a point of considerable consid- eration among AAUP members. The question is raised by the fact that the faculty of two junior col- leges, one which is located in Dear- born, have joined a national union. Tthics and what union methods of protest are appropriate for the fa- culty of a university are also pri- mary points of interest. * -- - - -- __ __ __ 4 WITH: " The BEST warranty in the industry-12 months or 12,000 miles! 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