ENGINE ENGLISH NEEDS REVISION se Pale 4 Y I Syr tan Seventy Years of Editorial Freedom i t CLEAR, COLD High--23 Low-O Fair and slightly warmer in afternoon. VOL. LXXI, No. 68 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1960 FIVE CENTS EIGHT PAG Report Views Honors Progran By ANDREW HAWLEY An evaluative study of the liter- ary college honors program, sub- mitted to the Honors Council for discussion yesterday, says that the Honors program seems not to be living up to expectations in such areas as the amount of student- faculty contacts, "busy work" in courses, and the informational level of counselors, "the program does appear to have several edu- cational advantages." Better Courses Among these the report lists most strongly better courses and instructors. "Honors students .. . rate the level of instruction of honors classes higher than control students rate the level of their courses, and the higher scores of honors students in two of the Area Tests of the Graduate Record Ex- amination support these observa- cific the kinds of effects which an4 tions." Honors students also claim to learn more from each other in class than do control students and find their counseling to be more adequate, the report says. Presented to theCouncil by Prof. Robert C. Angell of the sociology department, director of the pro- gram, it was conducted from 1958 through 1959 by Phyllis E. Pilisuk, a research assistant working in the program with funds granted by the Carnegie Corporation. One of three such investigations of the program, it states as its purpose "to discover whether the hoped-for goals of the Honors program at the University of Michigan have been achieved in any form and to any degree." It also attempts to "make more spe- honors program might be expected to have and to devise instruments to measure their attainment." Four major groups of students were used as information sources for the report: "continuous hon- ors" students, who have been in the program since their freshman year, or who entered it as first semester sophomores; "controls," those of the top seven per cent of the 1956 entering class who were still enrolled in the literary college in the fall of 1958; "new honors" students, who were being accepted into the separate departmental honors programs in their junior year; and "drops," who were un- successful in maintaining a 3.0 average in the Honors Program, and were asked to discontinue honors work. The section of the report en-' titled "What Honors Students Think of their Education" con- cludes on one hand that "honors students feel more satisfied with their overall college experience than comparably bright control students." Adequate use of their abilities, the general academic op- portunities, and adequate counsel- ing services are reasons listed. In addition, honors students "feel less overwhelmed by the size of the University," believe they are re- ceiving superior instruction at a higher level in their honors classes, and pictures themselves as being motivated to work. Honors classes however, seem to be no more stimulating than gen- eral classes taken by control stu- dents, nor are special honors courses viewed as better than hon. ors sections. The study makes four "salieni points with respect to "Student Development." First, "honors stu- dents seem to be learning more than comparably bright students; however, the kind of learning situ. ation they prefer is the formal highly structured type." Honors Work Second, although honors work is neither causing severe persona problems nor preventing studenti from joining extra-curricular ac- tivities, it may be a factor in pre- venting greater involvement in student activities and in reducing the possibilities for engaging in individual intellectual activites. Third, "the Honors Prograr does not appear to present greater See REVIEW, Page 5 .S. Supreme Court Blasts NEW ISR HOME-The Institute for Social Research is planning to raise funds for Its future home on Thompson street. The five-story structure will house the Survey Research Center and Center for Group Dynamics, which compose ISR. The building, wihch includes parking facilities on the ground and lobby levels, will be built on land recently purchased by the University on Thompson. Segregation in Louisiana ISR To Build New Home By HARRY PERLSTADT "The future home of the Insti- tute for Social Research will be erected within the next two years on Thompson Street north of Jefferson Street, across from the Student Activities Building," Rob- ert B. Voight, assistant to the director of the Institute said yes- terday. The new building will be five stories high and house approxi- mately 150 members of the Survey Research Center and the Research Center for Group Dynamics, whose offices are currently in several out- moded buildings scattered about' the campus. It will also contain parking facilities on the ground and lobby levels. Mayv Debate ISpeaker Ban By CYNTHIA NEU Wayne State University Board of Governors may again find, themselves confronted with prob- lems related to their present deci- sion to lift the ban on Communist speaker when they meet tomorrow in Detroit. Frank Tuohey, director of WSU's public relations staff, said that although the issue was not offici- ally on the agenda of the meet- ing, questions relating to it were likely to be raised. Tuohey also said that WSU officials had talked with Sen. El- mer R. Porter (R - Blissfield), chairman of the state appropria- tions committee, who recently confirmed his stand that WSU would find it difficult to secure funds in the future unless the ban were reinstated. The Board can take no action until they receive a copy of the letter sent to Porter by Ann Byerlein, leader of a group petitioning for rein- statement of the ban, which elicited Porter's reply. Miss Byerlein said that she had would not be given this informa- tion until she received a copy of the Board minutes of their Nov. 26 meeting. Tuohey said these minutes had been sent out, but Miss Byerlein said she - had not received a copy. Miss Byerleni said that she had twice been refused minutes of Board meetings, which as a tax- payer she was entitled to since WSU is supported by public reve- nue. Miss Byerlein plans to attend the open Board meeting' and has added "quite a number more" names to her petition, SDynamters : (The new building is apparently in line with the University's ex- pansion program which involvesI recently purchased land between E. William and Madison Streets on Thompson Street. A parking structure will also be built by the University for staff and those who attend conferences at the Michi- gan Union on Thompson Street.) Form Program "The Institute is in the process of forming a program to raise funds for the building," Voight said. "The whole structure will cost approximately $1.6 million of which the United States Depart- ment of Health, Education and Welfare has pledged $040,000 pro- viding that ISR can raise a match-' ing amount within the fiscal year. When the conditions of the grant have been met the ISR will still need $800,000 more. "The Institute, due to the nature of its research and an agreement with the University to remain in- dependent, must be largely self- supporting with most of its income derived from research grants and contracts with agencies outside of the University," Voight explained. "Therefore the Institute must raise the funds for the building and has enlisted the assistance and advice of the University's De- velopment Council to obtain funds for the erection of the building." The need for new and more ade- quate facilities is pressing, Voight said. The main unit of the Insti- tute is presently located in what was the Old West Hospital. The building is not large enough to huose the complete Institute which also occupies an annex and a for- mer dwelling located some distance away. Originally Housed The ISR was originally housed in the basement of the University Elementary School and still has some part-time laboratories there. When the main unit outgrew the basement ISR moved into the old University Hall. They remained there until the building was de- molished and finally moved into the Old West Hospital. ISR utilizes scientific methods of research and survey-interview- ing to gain a better understanding of social behavior. By providing answers to complex social ques- tions the Institute has shown busi- ness firms, youth organizations and federal agencies how better to cope with the trends of human behavior and solve personnel prob- lems. FOR RESIDENCE HALLS: Define New Policy k{ On Room Selection SY By MICHAEL OLINICK The Board of Governors of Residence Halls yesterday unanimously approved an official policy in regard to the Regents' Bylaw on dis- crimination. The statement reads, "The Board of Governors of Residence Halls is charged with responsibility for University-owned residence halls and operates under Regents Bylaw 2.14 which states: 'They University shall not discriminate against any person because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry.' "The University strives to make its Residence Halls a com- munity living experience valuable to all students. Within the Resi- Sdence Halls each house has a crossv Pieo ns Make Their Home In General Library Rafters By BETH ARNOFF "Pigeon is a dirty word around here," Agnes Tysse, General Library reference department head says. She says this because of an invasion of the Library's main reference room by the birds, which have been making their home aroud the Library and the Diag for years. They fly back and forth, paying no attention to anyone else. "We suspect that they have some means of getting in, but no one knows how," Miss Tysse said. "They are awfully-smart birds. They have learned that if they stay on the ledge outside or above the windows we can't get at them. "The library is thoroughly un- C h ri happy about having them around. We've been cooperating with build- ing and grounds by doing research on ways to get rid of them, but soy far the pigeons have won." In elimination of the birds, there; are two problems: the job must be permanent, but the means for doing a permanent job are limited. A permanent Job means that the birds should 'be killed, but this would involve the use of poison and it would not be feasible to have dead pigeons dropping all over campus. The pigeons could be shooed away, but this would not neces- sarily be permanent.- Opinions from people inhabiting the reference room seem to show .To Withdraw UN *Troops UNITED NATIONS (IP)-Troops of Morocco and Guinea are being withdrawn from the United Na- tions Congo forces, those countries said yesterday, in protest against the course of the UN operation. The United Arab Republic and Indonesia had previously an- nounced withdrawals. Ismael Toure of Guinea an- nounced withdrawal of that na- tion's 749 soldiers in a speech to the QN Security Council. He said Guinea's President Sekou Toure had notified Secretary - General Dag Hammarskjold and demanded that the soldiers be repatriated at once. On the heels of Guinea's an- nouncement came official word from Rabat that the Moroccan government had decided to pull out its contingent of 3,100 men. The UAR had previously an- nounced the pullout of 519 men and Indonesia the withdrawal of 1,150 troops. section of students representing most aspects of the highly diver- gent student body, thus providing a cosmopolitan community or neighborhood. Works Closely "In this 'community' the stu- dent lives and works closely with all types of people. In selecting roommates, we feel that the in- dividual should be permitted to make his own selection on the basis of personal preferences. "Since new students do not have an opportunity to meet their fu- ture classmates, the University makes an effort to assign room- mates with congenial living ha- bits." Tells Students This is the first formal policy statement on roommate selection the board has taken since 1957 when it abolished the requirement that an applicant's photograph had to be enclosed with his room application. The University now requires no such photograph un- til after an actual room contract has been signed. "This new policy tells students and parents how we go about ac- cepting students and assigning them roommates," John Hale, as- sistant dean of men said. -AP Wirephotos SHOUTING IN ALGIERS - Young demonstrators in Algier's Casbah yesterday shout and wave flags as outbreaks between rebels and French troops continued. The casualty toll in the country reached 79 after two days of bloody strife. French Quell Moslems As Riots Rock Algters By The Associated Press ALGIERS-Moslems defiantly waving the flag of nationalist rebellion rioted again yesterday in Algiers but finally were penned up in their teeming quarter by French soldiers and riot police. The death toll from four days of disorder rose to 90. Mobs vented their fury on Jews in the native quarter, sacking Jewish stores and looting a synagogue on the edge of the quarter. Police dispersed them with tear New Orleans Court Order Confirmed Interposition Termed 'Without Substance, Settled In, 1803' WASHINGTON WP) - The Su- preme Court yesterday unani mously smashed all barriers erect. ed by Louisiana in its effort to block public school integration. The court, using firm language backed up a Nov. 3 ruling by a three-judge federal court in New Orleans that: 1) Knocked out an assortmen of anti-integration laws passed by the Louisiana Legislature. Th new laws were aimed at headini off a federal court order for in tegration of New Orleans schools beginning with the first grade. thi year. Rejects Effort 2) Bluntly rejected Louisiana' effort to halt school integration by invoking the doctrine of in terposition-a theory that a stat can interpose its sovereignty be- tween federal authority and th state's citizens. The Supreme Court agreed wit] the lower court that interposition clearly is not a constitutional doc trine and, "if taken seriously, i is an illegal defiance of constitu tional authority." Chief Argument Louisiana's chief argument in challenging the lower court's rul ing was that the state "has inter posed itself in the field of publi education over which it has ex clusive control." In a brief, unsigned opinior the Supreme Court said "this ob- jection is without substance." Th high tribunal cited a 1959 Littl bock school case tracing th authority of the federal judiciar; back to 1803 and said it had dis posed of the interposition ques tion at that time. Other objections of Louisiani to the lower court's ruling "ar likewise without merit," the Su preme Court said. Specifically, what was, before the court today was a plea b: Louisiana to defer effectivenes of the lower federal court orde: pending a full-scale review of it !s I~ringle,' '64 gas grenades. An army helicopter fired on a rebel flag hoisted above the synagogue. Hundreds of Jews fled the native quarter at this abrupt manifesta- tion of the ancient hostility be- tween Moslem and Jew. President Charles de Gaulle abruptly' cut short by a day his planned six-day visit to Algeria to sell his plan of home rule for the rebellious territory. He will head back to Paris today. In the United Nations a speaker broke into debate on Algeria yes- terday and said "More than 1,000 Algerians were killed in the past 48 hours" by French troops firing on Moslem demonstrators. The French disputed the figure, citing official announcements of fewer than 100 killed., U Thant of Burma told the Gen- eral Assembly's 99-nation political committee the figure of more than 1,000 dead was given to the 46- nation Asian-African groups as an authenticscount by the Algerian nationalists. Rebuff GOP New Orleans. White Boycott Still Continues NEW ORLEANS (M)-The white boycott against integrated classes neither gained nor lost ground yesterday as the United States Su- preme Court and the president of the city's school board both toss- ed punches in the four-week-old fight. Eight white children-the same number as last Friday-attended the William Frantz School yester- day, along with the one Negro girl in the first grade. Three Negro girls showed up as usual at McDonogh No. 19, ,a 500- pupil school they've had to them- selves since integration started in November. Teachers at Frantz ignored the state Legislature's threat of eco- nomic reprisal by showing up for classes. But the action of the Legisla- ture, aimed at closing facilities at both Frantz and McDonogh, Passes Rules To Administe Sale of Liquoi The Ann Arbor City Council night made no changes in exist local regulations on alcoholic b erages, as it passed ordinances ficially setting up liquor by glass in the city. ,A . . ..