THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT See Editorial Page YI [ e , irigaut Pa ity FAIR High-35 Low-23 Mostly sunny, with warming trend Seventy-Three Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXIV, No. 119 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1964 SEVEN CENTS SIX PAGES Board Accepts Fund To Aid Eye Research Ophthalmologists To Investigate Ocular Diseases, Genetic Factors By STEVEN HALLER The Regents yesterday accepted a fund of $200,961 to support research on eyes and their diseases. The donor was the Walter H. Snyder Ophthalmic Research Fund, which also provided an equal amount to Western Reserve University, thus distributing the last of its monies. One of the terms under which this fund was established was LAWRENCE LOSSING that the entire original sum was -*'to have been depleted by this year. Dr. F. Bruce Fralick, chairman of the ophthalmology department of the Medical School, explained that the money will be utilized to support long-term investigation as well as crash programs for which support is frequently hard to find. To Use Interest Dr. Fralick added that the gift would be used to create an endow- ment fund. "Our present funds are sufficient to carry us through until the interest from this grant has begun to accumulate; we plan to use this interest for the first few years after that." This money will help support three major programs of research, Dr. Fralick said. One such pro- gram will be under the direction of Dr. Harold F. Falls of the ge- netics and ophthalmology depart- ments, who is investigating people who are "carriers" of certain eye diseases. "If one member of a family is such a carrier, other members of the family may show recessive forms of the same disease, with- out actually having poor vision. Predict Eye Disease "Dr. Falls hopes ultimately to develop ways of telling what the eyes of a baby will be like by ex- amining those of the parents," Dr. Fralick explained. Another research project will be directed by Doctors Mathew Alpern and John W. Henderson of the ophthalmology department, who are interested in color blind- ness. "They will be concerned mainly with detecting changes in the pu- pil of the. eye which correspond to certain ocular diseases. New Equipment "As a result of such experimen- tation, they hope to be able to develop new physiologic equipment that will record such pupil changes and relate them to the appropriate diseases," the doctor continued. Dr. J. Reimer Wolter of the ophthalmology department will have charge of the third program of research, which is concerned with ophthalmic pathology. "He will be correlating clinical mani- festations of eye disease with pathologic research such as mi- croscopy. "By using certain silver-stain techniques on nervous tissue from the eye of someone who had had an eye defect while alive, Dr. Wol- ter will note changes in this tis- sue and compare it to similar dif- ferences that have been observed in brain tissue. Degeneration Patterns "In this manner, it may be pos- sible to follow patterns of degen- eration from the brain to the eye," Dr. Fralick said. Dr. Fralick expressed hope that the results of such intensive re- search would eventually be seen in increasingly improved vision for everyone. "Although it is always difficult , to say exactly what will come out of such research programs, I would ,certainly expect that such im- provements will come in the near future," he said. 'Panhel 'Would Affect' UpperclassE Women Only Cites Rushee Growth As Reason for Idea By MARGARET LOWE A fall rush plan for upperclass- men was proposed by the Panhel- lenic continuing rush committee at Panhel Presidents' Council yes- terday. Chapter presidents made no ma- jor objections to the new plan; it will not go to the sororities where each house will have one vote. The proposal allows all women in good academic standing, except first semester freshmen, to rush at the beginning of the next fall C semester. Spring rush will then be primarily for first semester freshmen with chances of upper- T class pledging very limited. o Upperclassmen Pen If the proposal is passed, next year will be the first year in B which there will be a rush solely The R for upperclassmen and in which ed a n two rushing periods will be held. demic y Sorority fall rush was discon- fected, tinued here after 1956, and spring to full t rush replaced it in 1957. Howe The major =reason behind the the ful] new fall rushing plan is the in- remains creasing number of rushees e- ceipt ofa pected to come with the new tri- propriat mester, Jan Miller, Panhel advisor, terday. told the council. The n Increased Group Size three fu "One rush period can't ade- running quate handle that many people. If the seco something isn't done, '65 spring and th rush will be pretty difficults" halves "The fall rush will parallel theS new spring rush plan," Panhel The R Executive Vice-President Patty proveda Lutes, '64, said. This means that which fo there will be fewer sets of par- lowing f ties-four instead of five - and mesters, greater emphasis on informality supersed than in the past. Miss Lutes also -pendi stressed that the proposed struc- tive app ture is very flexible and subject If tha to change. George Shorter Schedule $44 mil The proposed structure features inaugur a shorter schedule, smaller rush Vice-P groups, greater ease in rushing fairs Ro upperclassmen and a good situa- fice is tion for integrating new initiates possibili from the previous spring pledge in the class. some co If accepted, fall rush will like- iod' as ly begin Sept. 16, approximately explaine two weeks after classes start. The presentl proposal states that this will give" sororities enough time to plan I d for rush and rushees enough time about t to get started in classwork.. Rush term,' R will end before five-week exams, Ann Ar however. urge th Panhel stresses that houses must iod into i participate in fall rush-if there Thea is one-if they are going to take special E any upperclassmen that year. sports i The proposal states that "if Several houses do participate in this, and with thi find they have semester drop-outs there wl who create extra openings, they the Uni may rush upperclassmen again in Confere: the spring." However, a house that lem can does not participate in fall rush Regen may not rush upperclassmen in the Jackson spring. ter syst There will be no changes in mesterr open rush. Open rush will not be quarter held in the fall, but will be con- some im tinued in the spring if houses Cie- but fac sire it. favored To Consider Fall iegents Approvc J * )f New Athletic '5, Rush Plan * STEPHEN IDEMA rCalendar Supersede d Schedule Adopt Trimester dingState Funds ty H. NEIL BERKSON Regents yesterday approv- ew calendar for the aca- year 1964-65 which, if ef- will move the University in- hree-term operation. gver, the final move into 1-scale trimester program contingent upon the re- an adequate legislative ap- ion, officials indicated yes- new calendar would have ull terms, with the first from August to December; nd, from January to April ethird--divided into two from May to August. Supersedes Calendar Regents have already ap- a calendar for next year ollows the current plan, al- for two and one-hal se- ,This cale-ndar. has been ded by yesterday's action ng the size of the legisla- ropriation. it figure comes near Gov. Romney's recommended lion, the University will ate the third term. President for Academic Af- ger W. Heyns said his of- currently examining the ty of a "study week" with- term. "There has been ncern with the exam per- it is now constituted, he d. Such a week is not y included in the calendar. Weeks Not Sacred an't see anything sacred ;he number of weeks in a' Regent Eugene B. Power of bor declared, "and I would at you bring a reading per- the semester." new calendar will create a problem in regard to in- giate athletics, since spring in well into May and June. Regents were concerned his issue, but Heyns said il be negotiations between versity and the Big Ten nce and added, "The prob- be faced." t William K. McInally of raised the issue of a quar- em as opposed to the tri- plan. Heyns replied: "The plan was promoted by nportant people on campus, ulty committees repeatedly " the trimester. * OLD YOST-The 41-year-old fieldhouse, the smallest and oldest in the B by a new multi-purpose athletic building. The Regents yesterday approve Intercollegiate Athletics' plans for a 12-15,000-seat arena, at an estimated will still be used for track and other events. ENDORSE BUILDING SALE: Regfents Cut League Al *i B uilding Structure ICrisler Sees Completion, for 1965-6 To Serve as Basketball, Multi-Purpose Arena At $3.5 Million Cost By TOM WEINBERG The Regents authorized the planning, design and construction of an athletic building to replace 41-year-old Yost Field House at their monthly meeting yesterday. It is estimated that the building will cost in the vicinity of $3.5 million and will seat from 12,000- S15,000 spectators. ; . f If the planning of the structure Daily-Bruce Taylor can be completed expediently, it Sig Ten, is to be replaced should be ready for the 1965-66 d the Board in Control of basketball season, Vice-President d cost of $3 million. Yost for Business and Finance Wilbur I cst f $ mllin. ost K. Pierpont predicted. The financing of the new multi- purpose building will be handled with athletic department funds, requiring, no state appropriation. University President H a r 1 a n 1. 0Hatcher made the presentation to Lioca Llo f the Regents b~ased on the recom- mendation of the Plant Expansion Committee of the Board in Con- trol of Intercollegiate Athletics. other action, Regent William The exact location of the build- cInally of Jackson reported ing is uncertain, to be selected he Michigan Higher Educa- from five possible sites listed in Assistance Authority, of the report of the president. he is a member, has pro- The locations he mentioned more than $600,000 in stu- were: oans in its first year of oper- -On Stadium Blvd., near the Michigan Stadium; r 800 students at 23 institu- -On Hoover St., west of the in the state have qualified Intramural Sports Building; ans averaging $700 per stu- -On State St., south of old Yost Field House; -At Hill and Division Sts., in P Ntb * the Wines Field area; or ?S /1 i Lost on --On Hill St., near the Col- President Hatcher explained Ity f 1 that because the new building will be related to student interest and concern, the proximity to the central campus will "be a major NS factor in the ultimate selection of tor its site. of the University's competi- "It would be. a multi-purpose lay. building in service, stemming from a basketball court, but used as a Roger W. Heyns maintained great hall for convocations and tions has increased over the student entertainment," the University than at other See NEW, Page 6 ROBERT TOBIAS The Regents chopped in half the student fee allocation for the Michigan League at their private meeting Thursday, night, and will divert the remainder to the stu- dent center to be built on North Campus. The League will get $3.50 per woman student, starting with next year's University operating budget, instead of $7; the Women's League --the student activity wing-will continue to receive its separate kickback of $.50 from each wo- man's tuition. This decision is not official, however, until the budget is ap- proved, Vice-President for Busi- ness and Finance Wilbur K. Pier- pont commented at a press con- ference after the Regents' meeting yesterday. The reason: Michigan's new constitution requires that all fi- nancial transactions of state insti- tutions be adopted in public ses- sion. Building Changes Vice-President for Business and Finance Wilbur K. Pierpont an- nounced to the Regents yesterday that the addition to the Museum, which will be used entirely for zoological research, is "substan- tially" complete. The University has also sold the old Music School Bldg. The music school will move to its new facili- ties on North Campus this sum- mer. Pierpont said that architectural plans for the Space Research Bldg., to be constructed on North Campus by the National Aero- nautics and Space Administration, have been submitted to contrac- tors for bids. The bid should be awarded next week, Elect Lossing To Head IFC By JOHN BRYANT Lawrence G. Lossing, '65, of Del- ta Upsilon was elected president of the Interfraternity Council last night. Other officers elected were Ste- phen Idema of Beta Theta Pi, '65 executive vice-president; Robert Tobias of Lambda Chi Alpha, '65 administrative vice - president; Barry Weber, '65, of Phi Sigma Delta, secretary. Elected treasurer was Alan Schwartz, '65, of Pi Lambda Phi. Lossing, formerly IFC rush chair- man, succeeds Clifford Taylor, '64, in the presidency. A native 0o Midland, Lossing defeated Freder- ick Lambert, '65, of Sigma Chi for the position. Academic Image Lossing plans to emphasize IFC's academic image during the next year by means of expanded speak- er programs and scholarships. "In a University that is becom- ing increasingly academically or- iented, IFC can no longer expeci to maintain an anti-academic im- age and expect to attract sutficient numbers of men to the system." He also intends to direct the organization's rushing activities to- ward keeping existing houses or campus. "A total effort must be directed towards solidifying the existing houses before an effort can be made in any other direc- tion." Improve Communication Lossing also plans to 'attempt to improve communication withir In K. M that t tion which vided dent l ation. Ove tions for lo dent. Heyns A nalyz( Of U' in Facwi By GAIL EVA Associate City Edi The Regents heard an examination tive position in the faculty market yesterd Vice-President for Academic Affairs that although the rate of faculty resigna past few years, it is still much lower at1 i f r s t t f P Z Z PURIM DEBATE: Sees Lathe Tabled in Ecumenical Age By LLOYD GRAFF Seven faculty members last night debated the respective worth of two traditional Jewish delicasies, the latke, a potato pan- cake, and the hamantasch, a three cornered roll with either prune or poppyseed filling. They were discussing "The Latke, the Hamantasch and Civil Disobedience in an Ecumenical Age" at the annual Purim Debate sponsored by the Hillel Founda- tion. Moderator Prof. Carl Cohen of the philosophy department opened the proceedings with a spirited if not lyrical song of introduction. Comparing the latke and haman- tasch, he noted, "One represents the prince of darkness and the rowed the poetry of "that Anglican Rabbi John Donne," who eulogized the potato pancake as "gold with airy thinness beat." He remarked that while there were two kinds of hamantaschen there is just one perfect latke that "bathes all dis- tinctions in Log Cabin syrup." Loves Seeds Monroe Hafter of the romance language department then took over again for the hamantasch, drawing examples from his area of expertise, medieval Spain. He said that the great warrior El Cid was always known as "Poppy Cid" by his daughter who had great af- fection for the poppyseed filled pastry. He also concluded that Don Juan who went from woman to woman in a life of frantic ro- institutions. For the most part" "people don't leave the University because the University couldn't meet salary competition, but be- cause the University decided not to," he indicated. Three Levels However, he explained that the faculty resignation rate has to be examined in the framework of three levels of seniority. At the top are the faculty lead- ers-the deans, the full professors and the individuals "around which programs are organized," he indi- cated. "The University has had a mini- mum of losses in this bracket. We f ght to keep these people," Heyns emphasized. 'ihe "middle group" makes' up the next level. Conpetition here is stiff because of high "mobility." Although these individuals are not "as distinguished," they are the potential leaders of the future. Can't Keep All "The University can't expect to retrain all the faculty in this middle bracket because they can't all be leaders here," he explained. However, Heyns maintained that the University needs to be in a "good competitive position at this level to keep as many potential leaders as possible." Competition is most intense at the junior level. The University has to depend on the young fac- ul1ty members for the lnadeshin -Daily-Dave Abinerl WALLS TOPPLES OPPONENTS-Rich Walls, Michigan's out- standing sophomore swim sprinter, shows his form in his first of two victories yesterday against Indiana. He copped the 200-yd. freestyle, then swam to first in the 100-yd. freestyle. Indiana Swimmers Drown, 'as Farley Sets Record By BILL BULLARD Michigan and Indiana swimmers gave a repeat performance yes- terday afternoon at the Matt Mann Pool as the Hoosiers dunked the Wolverines; 82-41, in a meet that was almost identical to the 81-42 trouncing the Wolverines received in Bloomington five weeks ago. i ._ f