TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1965 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE F TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1965 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE F rU' Gets Money from All Over: and Pleads fo ir More The University gets its money from many sources, and spreads it as fast as it comes in-on new facilities, new teachers and all the other necessities to support a burgeoning institution of educa- tion and research. It is currently spending over' $150 million a year to conduct its myriad operations. From its students themselves- 30,000 of them--comes a mere one-tenth of this amount-$15 million. The University relies on state funds for about $50 mil- lion, and on federal funds for well over $40 million. The rest of the University's funds-about $45 million-comes from private donations and self- liquidating projects such as the dormitories, athletic events, and the University hospital. Difficulty Of all its sources of revenue, the University usually has the most difficulty obtaining funds from the state Legislature. This is not to say that the Legislature is unwilling to give the Univer- sity money. Far from it-the' University will receive over $50 million from the state for oper- ating expenses thhis year. The main trouble is that the Legislature consistently falls short of what the University wants. This year, for instance, the Uni- versity requested $55.7 million from the state and will probably wind up with about $51.5 million. Last year the university re- quested $47 million and got $44 million. University officials usually ex- press less dissatisfaction with federal and private generosity than they show when the legis- lature cuts fund requests. For the federal government and private donors have supplied the University with perhaps its rich- est source of income over the past ten years. Research Federal research funds-many of them defense-related-have come to the University with great regularity-especially since the cold war pushed up defense bud- gets and government research ef- forts in the early fifties. The University currently re- ceives almost a third of its over $150 million budget from the gov- ernment, and the amount has re- cently been increasing' by about $2 million or more a year. ,Private endowments and gifts have been very beneficial to the University. Currently administra- tors and friends of the University in influential spots across the nation are working full steam on a $150 million dollar fund drive. The occasion for the drive-or for its hopeful successful climax-will be the sesquicentennial celebra- President Hatcher and Regent Sorenson-Part of 'U' Financial Team Along with the Regents' 1964 plea, Gov. George Romney's "blue ribbon" Citizen's Committee for Higher Education forecast the pressures caused by t he baby boom-and called for an increase in appropriations. Romney re- sponded with a 1964-65 appro- priation and the University even- tually got $44 millon of the $47 million it asked. Though the University got its 1964-65 request without severe cuts, it was not without a strug- gle. The Senate pondered a mil- lion dollar slash, but dropped the prospect at the last moment. The House Ways and Means Commit- tee viewed the Senate's $44 mil- lion proposal and promptly cut $2 million. But on the House floor the $2 million was reinstated and the University emerged with its $44 million appropriation. Because of the struggle, the University had to go through to finally come out with a decent appropriation in 1964-65, many observers thought that the lean years had come to only a tempor- ary end, and that 1964-65 was merely a lucky year. Lasting Boom This evaluation has been prov- en wrong by this year's budget appropriations. Because of a booming state economy-in its fourth straight year of boom, as is the nation-and because of a newly Democratic Legislature, more sympathetic to University needs, the'University has received at least as good treatment this year as last. As it looks now, the University will receive over $51 million from the Legislature for 1065-66 opera-, tions-a $7 million jump from' last year, though $4 million short of the University request. tion of the University in 1967. All Smiles Recent Regents meetings have been all smiles as the University has announced that the fund drive is moving along at a good pace. It is the largest drive of its kind ever undertaken by a public university. Regent Paul Geobel is among the most active of University supporters in the fund drive. It has been said of the Univer- sity that it has better contacts with officials in Washington and with private donors than with state officials in Lansing. This is often true. Many University veterans are serving in Washing- ton and it is quite probable that more people favorable to the Umn- versity's position-such as Prof. Gardner Ackley of the economics department, chairman of Presi- dent Lyndon B. Johnson's council of economic advisors-have the r PR Office Relays 'U' Image ear of national officials than have the ear of the state legis- lators or Gov, George Romney. The University's lack of con- tact with the state legislature has been blamed in part for its difficulty in obtaining budget re- quests intact in the past. If this complaint is true, then contact must have improved in the past two years, because things have not been nearly as bad then as they were in 1957-63-the seven years called the "lean years" for the University's state appropria- tions. Troubles The troubles the University ran into during these years were typi- fied by 1958, in which officials requested $37 million from the Legislature and got only $30 million. In 1959 the University again sought $37 million and got only $33 million. The early sixties were no better, so -that by 1962, the state was appropriating $37 mil- lion when the Regents felt they needed $4 million to properly run the University. Many officials even privately complained that the $4 million request was insuffi- cient. Students Pay Their Share at Registration Situated in a state where tax- payers chip in over a third of its budget, the University'has a res- ponsibility for the welfare of Michigan citizens. Broadcasting ways the University upholds this committment is the duty of Vice President for Public Relations Michael Radock. In August, 1964, Radock, then director of public relations, was officially appointed vice-president by the Regents. It has been com- mori 'practice at the University' to have one man serving as the director who is later, promoted to the vice-presidency. Radock's Office of Public Rela- tions aims to bring to key popu- lation centers in the state in- tensive information about the University. Executive Officers The program involves the par- ticipation of all the University's executive officers, as well as fac- ulty members. Radock has always tried to emphasize that in its state-wide perspective, the University will maintain its concern for a cor- dial and functional relationship with the local citizenry in Ann Arbor. "People think that the Univer- sity moves through self-interest and a lack of planning. There are concerns such as acquisition of local property and community re- lationships with students on which relations could be im- proved. We want the community to recognize that we are respon- sible," Radock explains. Academically, the University relations office presents state- wide educational offerings. Faculty Promotes 'U' "We have asked departments to nominate professors who will be willing to go around the state two or three times during the year and talk about the Univer- sity,'' Radock says. Much attention is beingIgiven to the whole area of University expansion over the next 10 years and "for this the Development Council must be expanded," he feels. Closely conected with the office is the Development Council, a group of alumni who work throughout the country raising money for the University. Radock adds that at present plans for the University's Sesqui- centennial Anniversary celebration to be held in two years are being carried through. Fund Drive' Such activities as a major fund drive and world wide commemor- ative programs are being planned. The public relations office also operated WUOM, the University's FM station in Ann Arbor and WGPR in Grand Rapids. The stations present 10 hours of news, classical music, both recorded and live from the University, drama, lectures and special interest pro- grams originating here. The television Center is also under the direction, of the of- fice. Not a broadcasting station, the center i n s t e a d produces filmed programs for use on com- mercial and other educational stations. Relating the day-to-day activi- ties of the University is News Service. The office also arranges The end of the lean years for the University came in 1964. When they called for a $47 mil- lion allotment for the University appropriation in that year, the Regents said: "Our own studies clearly demonstrate that since- 1957-58 there has been a steadyj erosion of the strength of the University. The resultant deter- ioration and demoralization, if permitted to continue, seriously threaten to endanger excellence in teaching, competence in re- search and continued high pro- ficiency in public service." Many observers argue that the University will need many "fat" years such as the last two to make up for the seven lean years. They point out that other 'insti- tutions such as the Univeisity of California as well as the Ivy League schools have been waving larger pay envelopes at Univer- sity professors. No More Where the University once ranked among the top five uni-' versities in salaries, it has now fallen out of the top ten. ' Whether some irreparable.dam- age has been done the University by the lean years will be a' mat- ter argued for years to come. Meanwhile, administrators are deciding with relish just what to, do with' the large amounts of money they are finally getting. First priorities are being given to faculty salary increases and to building up the trimester system, the year-round calendar under which the University operated for the first time last year. Eventually, through trimester, administrators hope to be able to educate far more students than now with comparable or better fa- cilities for each student. 'U' Needs In making the 1965-66 request, Vice-President for Academic Af- fairs Roger W. Heyns noted that the University needs more than 85 new teachers, mostly above the teaching fellow level, to establish the University at a ratio of one teacher for every fourteen stu- dents. The ratio is currently one teacher for every 14.6 students, he estimated. "We made substantial gains during the past year," he said, emphasizing the hiring of assist- ant professors. But the Univer- sity will continue to shoot for the 1:14 ratio-"and it still lhasn't gotten there yet," according to Heyns. The University's library facil ties also receive high priority o the list of needs. Library Dire tr Frederick Wagman has place new staff and new boks as tr major needs for the next ac demic year. Wagman also points to a nee for raising library salaries an replacing library equipment. The University also needs i creases in the funds available R maintenance. John McKevitt the Office of Business and I nance has noted that the mai tenance of new buildings-pl the increased use during the ti mester-requires substantial i creases. The Universitys "public servic institutes-such as the Institul of Science and Technology-a also badly short of funds to me optimal requests. IST has a serted that it needs an increa of $500,000 this year alone to d velop programs for upgradir science and conducting activiti benefiting industry and busines Michael Radock with The Daily that the Daily Official Bulletin, a rundown of all events, job interviews and foreign visitors on compus, be run. 312 South State TWO STORES ON THE CAMPUS . 1203 South 'University . .." 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