' THE MICHIGzAN DIAitIV W13MAlW IRWAI&O .a a.", -iia-a . ~P vr 1 ZNEt .5 .5pull DAY, MAY S, 1964 'FLUNKING' RESPONSIBILITY: Report Sees Colleg A.Se, United States colleges are fail- ing in their responsibility to pre- pare Americans for world lead- ership, according to a recent com- mittee report by 10 prominent educators on a special study of "The College and World Affairs." The report charges that "Too few institutions in the 19 years since the war ended, have taken vigirous action to educate our youth to meet the requirements of a changing world." Many col- leges and universities, according to the report, have failed the pur- poses of liberal education "by emasculating or cheapening the curriculum, or by permitting the course structure and the college community itself to become weedy with modes of living and learn- ing antithetical to liberality of mind and spirit." The committee report states that "both power and responsibil- ity came to the U.S. before eith- er the government or the people were prepared for it. They had neither the knowledge, the out- look, the skills, nor the under- standing required. Unfortunately," the report continues, "this condi- tion still persists even after 20 years. It is this continuing lack of preparation for world leadership that poses a serious challenge to education." Sputnik In commenting on the report, committee chairman John W. Ma- son, president of Carleton College, said, "Most criticism of our high- er education in the last few years' followed Russia's sputnik, with its Implication of Soviet technologi- cal superiority. Changes then be- gan to be made in our science and engineering departments, but these did not reflect a genuine concern about the kind of people we are turning out in this country, or about the general liberal arts ed- ucation we are giving college grad- uates. In this study we are in- terested in the student as a lib- erally educated person." "If liberal education is to meet the requirements of a new kind of world," the committee writes "it must undergo one of those fundamental overhauls that have kept it alive for centuries. There must be a re-formulation of pur- pose. The great humanistic philos- ophy in liberal learning must be translated into twentieth-century terms. "The capability of the college to broaden the scope of under- graduate education depends pri- marily on the attitude of the fac- ulty and on its competence to teach about foreign societies and cultures and the profund changes that are occurring throughout the world. The curriculum is largely a reflection of the outlook and training of the faculty. In the final analysis these are what de- termine its scope and content." Attitudes Partly at fault are certain tra- ditional attitudes that have con- fined the college curriculum to predominantly Western thought and ideas. But much of the blame is laid to inertia and parochialism of fac- ulty members within the colleges themselves, especially in the hu- manities and social sciences. Fac- ulty members, steeped in Western languages and traditions, are re- luctant to allow changes in the curriculum, according to the re- port. The committee calls on the colleges to take specific measures to broaden the interest and com- [petence of faculty members .as a prelude to making necessary cur- riculum changes.. A few colleges have begun to make the break from primarily Western-oriented teaching, and Failure Colieg. ilureRoundup the report details their experiences SANTA CLARA-Beginning next as models for others to follow. fall, the undergraduate colleges of Some colleges, close to each oth- the University of Santa Clara will er geographically, are pooling switch to the quarter system. All their faculties and library facili- undergraduates will be limited in ties to offer common language and the number of courses they will area-studies programs. Others are be allowed to take each term: working out a division of labor so freshmen and sophomore students that the "critical" languages of will be allowed to take only four Asia and Africa will be offered courses per term; juniors and sen- at various institutions, and stu- iors will be limited to three. dents will be allowed to transfer However, Prof. John B. Drah- Dr spend their junior year accord- mann, originator of the plan, said, ing to their interests. in its years of usage the quarter Experiment system has inherited the major In some cases, larger universities fault of the semester system: un- which are experimenting with new due fragmentation of the curricu- courses share their facilities with lum into many different courses smaller colleges. In others, public which should be discussed in depth and private institutions of a whole in one single course. state may develop joint programs As proof of this idea, he cited that include faculty fellowships a college that went "slam bang and regional institutes on foreign into the 3-3 plan" without any in- areas. troduction and which is now hay- An earlier study on "The Uni- ing quite a few difficulties in per- versity and World Affairs," fi- fecting the system. nanced by the Ford Foundation in 1960, resulted in the establishment of Education and World Affairs. AMHERST, Mass.-Most under- This organization is undertak- graduates would be unwilling to ing a four-year program to im- attend classes on a year-round plement the recommendations. The basis according to the recent poll program is aimed at "deepening conducted on the campus of the and extending in American un- University of Massachusetts by the dergraduate education the under- Student Senate Academic Affairs standing of other cultures and so- Committee. Believed to be one of .ieties outside the Western world." the largest samplings ever taken EWA plans to work closely with here, some 1600 students returned the colleges. the questionnaires. According to the committee Laachairman, 1143 students said they would be unwilling to attend class- es year-round with 334 stating GetfTop Hikhe they would attend. * * * (Continued from Page 1) SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The credit hour system in American while only a little more than three education, which placed American million degree holders enter the colleges and universities in the market each year. academicbookkeepingbusiness, -The University compares un- has outlived its usefulness, Dean favorably with other schools that Allan 0. Pfnister of Wittenberg have been extending fringe bene- University declares. fits, similar to those granted fac- Prof. Pfnister, formerly of the ulty members, to their library per- education school, advocated that sonnel. more colleges abandon the system Hard Hit of one and two and three credit Wagman indicated that three units. The work would be ac- categories of professional staff complished instead in larger blocks have been especially hard hit : of time and the emphasis would cataloguing, personnel with a be on means of assisting stu- science background for work in dents to achieve a certain level of ranch libraries and reference competency rather than the num- branc irrisadreeec ber of, hours spent in classrooms listening to lectures or engaging "But the losses have generally in tightly-controlled discussions. been across the board," he said. Coming Events This Month I 1 THIS WEEK The University Players will pre- sent the opera department of the music school in Tchaikovsky's "Queen of Spades" at 8 p.m. to- day and tomorrow in Lydia Men- delssohn Theatre. Prof. Josef Blatt, the music director and conductor, wrote the new English version being used.. Aikido An Aikido demonstration by the Tokyo University Aikido Club will be held at 7:30 p.m. today at the YM-YWCA. The program is being sponsored by the Judo Clubs of the Ann Arbor YM-YWCA and the University as well as the In- ternational Center and the Center for Japanese Studies. "Strength without Strength" through men- tal discipline and mind control is the basis of this bodily art. Aikido teaches the conditioning of one's body and the training of one's muscles and nerves to move and act-first on commands and later automatically, according to Mori- hei Ueshida, originator of the art. Hospitals The University and the Michi- T o Get Ballots For Students The Young Democrats and Young Republicans willemake ab- sentee ballots available to stu- lents on election day next Novem- ber. However, students in many states will have to register this summer in their home towns to be eligible for absentee voting, YD President Michael Grondin, '65, warned. He said registration laws vary from state to state, and add- ed that both political groups have full information on various states' regulations. MOSCOW NEWS -Weekly from the Soviet Union In English or Spanish. All as- pects of Soviet life. Full state- ments of Soviet government. One year subscription- $2.00 air-mail Imported Publications & Prod. 1Union Square, N.Y.C. 3 (M) Editors will hold its eighth annual meeting Monday and Tuesday at the Michigan Union, partially sponsored by the National Sci- ence Foundation. The 150 mem- bers of the conference are editors of scientific journals or are affil- iated with scientific publications. Drama The 1964 Ann Arbor Drama Season will- present Tennessee William's classicdraman"The Glass Menagerie" Tuesday through Saturday at Lydia Men- delssohn. Sylvia Sidney stars. At the Fair The University Symphony Band under Prof. William Revelli of the music school will travel to New York on May 18 to participate in Michigan Day at the New York World's Fair. The band will give a Michigan Day concert, an addi- tional concert on the fair grounds, a performance at a Michigan Alumni breakfast and one at a luncheon for the New York and Detroit Economic Clubs.. Gov. George Romney will head an official delegation of 300 busi- ness and industry leaders which will also take part in Michigan Day ceremonies. Alumni Prof. Rensis Likert, director of the Institute for Social Research, will receive the 15th annual Stockberger Award from the So- .. g:;: . _'; ; i E A f ter I .I WILLIAM D. REVELLI gan Hospital Association will pre- sent a series of seven lectures on performance st a n d a r d s, work scheduling, purchasing and opera- tions research today and tomor- row at the public health school. Next Week The University Symphony and Marching Bands will present their annual Spring Outdoor Concert "On the Diag" at 7:30 p.m. Sun- day. Professors William D. Revel- li and George Cavender of the music school will conduct the two groups in a program featuring the bands both separately and togeth- :r. Issues Sen. Stanley G. Thayer (R-Ann Arbor) will speak at 8 p.m. Sun- day on "Political Issues of 1964" at the Unitarian Church. Biology The Conference of Biological PROF. RENSIS LIKERT ciety of Personnel Administration on May 24 at the society's annual convention in Washington, D. C. The award cites Prof. Likert for "profound and authoritative in- fluence on personnel management policy in all enterprise,' and says that behavioral research and training during the past 15 years have been founded on the tech- niques and results he has devel- aped. ) F - "THE MOST EXCITING NEW MOVIE OF THE YEAR!" --Judith Crist. NeraTidm "A RREBRAND." 1f!BRILLIANTI" .-Sosley Crowthe, N. Y. Trine -OrtndaonGil, New Yotker magagv STUDENTS and FACULTY Di a 662-8871 for Cinemafrquild Program Information - 1.,.. J11 ti'I S r For Mother? A beautiful piece of Jensen silver, or one of the new Wedgwood pins; an Aigner purse or hand-bag; a Heaton plate or dish, or a Royal Copenhagen figurine. Any Mother would be pleased. JOHN B. LEIDY DAILY OFFIC BULLETIN The Daily Official Bulletin official publication of the sity of Michigan for whic Michigan Daily assumes no e responsibility. Notices shouldt in TYPEWRITTEN form to 3654 Administration Building 2 p.m. of the day preceding p tion, and by 2 p.m. Friday for day and Sunday. FRIDAY, MAY 8 Day Calendc Advanced Firemanship Confe Civil Defense and Disaster Center. Schoolmasters' Day-Rackham Hall, 8:45 a.m. National Conference ofI Counciors-Physics-Astronomy a.m. Branstrom Awards Convoca Trueblood Aud., 1 p.m. Dept. of Astronomy Colloq William E. Howard III, Assoc. Astronomy, "The Michigan Ra tronomy Source Catalogue: A for Determining Catalogue Er Spectral Parameters-SomeF Room 807, Physics-Astronomy p.m. Dept. of Psychology Colloq Edward L. Walker, Prof. of Ps: "Psychological Complexity ina of Motivation and Choice":I Award to be announced: Aud gell Hall, 4:15 p.m. Cinema Guild-Satajit Ray's jito," plus short, "My Own (Continued on Page 12 IAL is an Univer- 'h The ditorial be sent Room before ublica- Satur- ar erence - Training n Lecture Regional Bldg., 9 ation - uium - Prof. of adio As- Program rors and Results": Bldg., 4 uium - ychology, a Theory Pillsbury . B, An- "Apara- Yard to D TO ALL STUDENTS SNEAK PREVUE elveMICHIGAN] SUNDAY NIGHT AT 7 P.M. DAVID and PETER in a swell comedy in color Come at 5 or 7 P.M. See Best Man and Prevue r r 2-6264 DIAL I ml Shows Start at 1:00-2:50-4:55 7:00 and 9:05 onth ~ ~~zanio& ROOD ~'Outf ,ofmIsf7t& Produ~'Ofl ~eP1/ ~ ~~~TUA TEVNS~IUU'N OUOA9 JNAVISION Phone NO 8-6779 0 601 East Liberty SUMMER CONCERT SERIES PRESENTED BY The University Musical Society STARTING MAY 14th GEORGE HAMILTON in "ACT ONE" j I AM FOUR PIANO RECITALS in Rackham Auditorium NOW -(rn DIAL 5-6290 GYORGY SANDOR-July 2, 8:30 P.M. Fantasy & Fugue in G minor ............... .....Bach-List Fantasy, Op. 17 ........... ......... ..Schumann Fantasia quasi Sonata (Apres une Lecture de Dante).......Lizt Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49 ........................Chopin Variations on a Theme by Paganini.................Brahms DANIEL BAREN BOIM-July7, 8:30 P.M. Young Israeli Pianist Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 81a ("Les Adieux") ... Beethoven Sonata in F minor, Op. 57 ("Apassionata").........Beethoven Sonata in C minor, Op. 111 ......................Beethoven EUGENE ISTOMIN-July 20, 8:30 P.M. Sonata in A major.*. ............................Haydn Sonata in C major, Op. 53 "Waldstein"............ Beethoven Sonata in Three Movements....................Stravinsky Variations on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 ............Brahms RALPH VOTAPEK-July 29, 8:30 P.M. Winner, Van Cliburn International Competitions, 1962 Four Sonatas D,,E, B-flat and D major..........D. Scarlatti Sonata in A minor, Op. 164,.,....... Schubert Three Interiezzi-Op. 116,' No. 2; 117, No. 3; Str ."He'll lie... he'll cheat.. he'l destroy... he'll do anything to get elected!" "fdig deep enough we can get something on everybody...and we'll use it!" THIS IS WHAT PINK-PANTHERS ARE MADE'OF S CS who likes Take an unlikely thief who to fiddl leaves his fingerprints around on the detective's wife 0w Sirin one Awt anrz * sinlPnthth Tak anunlkel tyef-hoto iddey WHEN OTHER PANTHERS HAVE BEEN FOR6OT..JHIS ONE WILL.STILL.BE HOTs le MIR s fMngPerntsa u BLAE EDWARDS raight from the pages of tomorrow's comes this knock-down and dragout wing-ding . . . crackling with timely and witty dialogue that Ann Arbor audiences can and will appreciate. It's an extremely articulate dramatic effort with biting satire that made it aiong run hit on the Broadway stage newspaper i Does the. best man always get to the Wh;fo DAVID NIVEN "PETER SELLES ROBER TWAGNER 9CAPUCINE "I', stay with you on one condition... no other women during the campaign!I" with, and Introducing "T E PINK I BRENDA DE BANZIE . COON GORDON - FRAN JEFFEES m PA NTIERbI I .t A . IJRIR M gk., i I