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'U' Student Liberals
Re-forming Ranks

Y, MARCH 11, 1962

NIGHT EDITOR: JUDITH OPPENHEIM



University Co-Ed Housing
Has Bright Future

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AFTER WASTING FIVE MONTHS, the Shiel
committee finally held its first meeting last
'hursday.
The committee was appointed by the Resi-
.ence Halls Board of Governors last October to
nake a comprehensive report on the possi-
ilities of co-educational housing in existing
ormitories. Its report is due at the March
oard of Governors meeting, one week from
londay.
Two decisions must be forthcoming. The
ommittee, chaired by Service Enterprises head
rancis Shiel, must decide whether it is desir-
ble to give separate houses within individual
orms to the different sexes. If the answei4 is
es, it must ascertain which of the, present
ormitories are convertible.
Few will argue that student attitudes toward
heir residence halls are negative. The girls on
ie Hill complain about food, housemothers,
nd a general atmosphere of petty rules and
egulations. Many, many coeds go sorority
ierely to flee the dorms.
Men have many of the same complaints. The
:adrangles are in a run-down condition. Too
ften, paid-for services are performed grudging-
r and incompetently by a featherbedding staff
f maids, janitors, telephone operators, and
itchen personnel. About 60 per cent of the resi-;
ents leave yearly, glady accepting the comforts
f fraternities and apartments.
r HOUGH CO-ED HOUSING cannot remedy
all the problems of the dormitories, it can
o a long way toward reducing the complaints.
'his fact is substantiated by a recent poll Inter-
'uadrangle Council took of schools already
aving co-ed housing.
This change of attitude would only be natu-
al. Informal contact between the sexes provides
oth a more normal and a more pleasant living
.tuation.
At the same time, co-ed housing should bring
relaxation of some of the rules which women
ow chafe at. Some compromises will certainly
ave to be made between the minimum of re-
;rictions on men and the excess of restrictions
a women. If men can wear shorts in the loun-
es, for instance, women will have to have the
ame privilege. Even women's hours may see
evision since men can wander in and out of
heir residence halls whenever they wish.
Nor are other benefits lacking. The IQC study
lso indicates that men and women dress better
nd become better-mannered. At Ohio State
he indications are that even grades have im-
roved since the inception of co-ed housing.
'he decorum of the residence halls and, conse-,

quently, the morale of the residents will both
improve due to this experience.
THE QUESTION of feasibility should not be
too perplexing. From 1956 through 1958 two
houses in East Quad and one house in South
and West Quads were turned over to coeds due
to a shortage of women's housing. This experi-
ment was terminated with the building of Mary
Markley.;Nevertheless, Regent Donald M. Thur-
ber, among others, has indicated that the ar-
rangement worked out quite well.
Obviously, since the quadrangles have already
been co-educational, they can be again. Former
IQC President Thomas Moch has come up with
a specific plan whereby Prescott and Tyler
Houses in East Quad would become female,
while men would move into Victor Vaughn,
which once was a men's residence hall. He sug-
gests Mosher-Jordan and Alice Lloyd as other
dorms which could be made co-ed.
F COURSE, Moch would have liked to see
co-ed housing by next September. It may be
that the Shiel committee was deliberately de-
signed'to prevent this possibility. Why didn't
the committee meet until, less than two weeks
before its report is due? How comprehensive
can the committee's report be in that time?
It is a fact that the committee accomplished
little at its first meeting but was told by its
Chairman that co-ed housing would be in oper-
ation by September, 1963. It is also a fact that
when the committee meets again next Tuesday,
to tour a women's residence hall, it will not
have started its report-a report which will
have to becomplete six days later.
BUT IN SPITE of the administration's strange
way of doing things, co-ed housing is in
view. Campus sentiment seems to be swinging
heavily in favor of such housing. The Reed re-
port recommends such housing as does a report
submitted by the resident advisors= of East Quad
to Vice-President Lewis. A number of Regents
either look favorably on co-ed housing or are
anxious to consider it.
Given its lacklustre performance so far, the
Shiel committee will probably not make a posi-
tive contribution to the consideration of co-edu-
cational housing. That is unfortunate. This type
of housing is already in operation at such
schools as Michigan State, Ohio State, Minne-
sota, UCLA, and University of Chicago. There
is no reason why this "advanced" University
should delay in giving its students the advan-
tages of such housing.,
-H. NEIL BERKSON

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By RONALD WILTON
Daily Staff Writer
AFTER MORE than a semester
of inactivity, the liberal move-
ment on this campus is beginning
to stir. Like the proverbial drown-
ing man it is coming up for the
third time. To stay on the surface,
it must present an image of dy-
namic viability that will attract
new members. If it fails they will
go down again, probably taking
with it all hopes of a resurgent
liberal movement.
The most recent hibernation has
produced some changes in the
liberal scene's appearance. The
Political Issues Club quietly drop-
ped out of sight, when its two
active members joined Voice poli-
tical party rather than re-register.
This left the campus without an
active chapter of the Students for
a Democratic Society. SDS, stu-
dent wing of the League for In-
dustrial Democracy, a liberal labor
organization, is represented on
campus now by various indivi-
duals, most of whom belong to
Voice.
* * *
VOICE itself has changed. It
has virtually dropped the party
aspect of its functions by its de-
cision not to run a slate of can-
didates for Student Government
Council this semester, and to just
endorse individual candidates after
an open interview.
The reason for this was that the
effort used in running candidates
effectively killed Voice's commit-
tee and lecture programs for the
rest of the semester. This semes-
ter it will concentrate on educa-
tion, lecturerand action programs,
taking over some of the functions
which PIC used to serve.
* * *
SPECiFIC PROGRAMS cover a
wide range.
It is currently conducting a
drive in support of "the Student
Non-Violent Coordinating Com-
mittee doing voter registration
work in the South. The drive in-
cludes selling buttons and litera-
ture and will be conducted all'
spring.E
A lecture program has passed
the planning stage and will cover
a wide range of topics+ on the
local, national and international
scenes. It is the coordinating or-
ganization for the Michigan region
for the collegiate political party
conference which ' will be held at
Oberlin thin spring. Various semi-
nars will be held in conjunction
with the lectures.
The question of Voice becoming
the campus chapter of SDS will'
be decided.
A peace committee has been
formed, including people from the
Washington trip, which will con-
centrate on educational programs.
The whole program will be organ-
ized around the party's aim of
creating and stimulating student
awareness, interest and concern
about the problems that face him.
DON'T GET the impression that

the whole liberal movement on
campus is spelled VOICE; there
are other organizations active.
The Association for Commitment
to World Responsibility (the for-
mer Americans Committed to
World Responsibility) is planning
a series of seminars on a wide
variety of topics.
The Democratic-Socialist Club
which was dormant last semester
has now come to life. Along with
a program of lectures which has
already started it is planning to
shows the film "Operatioh Correc-
tion" (the film by the American
Civil Liberties Union which points
out the inaccuracies of the
HUAC film "Operation Abolition")
They will also bring people famil-
iar with Socialist philosophy to
campus to lead seminars.
The Young Democrats are plan-
ning an issues conference on the
problems of tomorrow for which
they have already lined up the
Secretary of State of Michigan as
a speaker. In conjunction with
their "Operation Support" pro-
gram (part of a national effort by
Young Democratic clubs to sup-
port President Kennedy) they will
collect signatures in support of
the present out-of-state student
ratio.
* * *
THE BIG QUESTION is wheth-
er there are people around who
want to "do" something in the
liberal cause, because it is with
them that the success or failure
of all these programs lie.
Last semester there was a cur-
ious contrast in student activity.
On one hand there was a do-
nothing SGC which led to a de-
cline in student interest in campus
problems. But 500 students at-,
tended a Veterans Day peace as-
sembly and 100 went to Washing-
ton for the Turn Towards Peace
project.
These figures show that there
is a large number of students on
campus who are potential members
of these organizations, it is up to
the organizations to provide dy-
namic interesting programs. The
programs are now either operat-
ing or in the works. The respon-
sibility rests with the students.
Public Math
IN UNIVERSITIES, mathematics
is taught mainly to men who
are going to teach mathematics to
men who are going to teach math-
ematics 'to . . . Sometimes, it' is
true, there is an escape from this
treadmill.
Archimedes used mathematics
to kill Romans, Galileo to improve
the Grand Duke of Tuscany's ar-
tillery, modern physicists (grown
more ambitious) to exterminate
the human race. It is usually on
this account that the study' of
mathematics is commended to the
general public as worthy of state
support.
-Bertrand Russell

UNDERSCORE:
Pakistant
By MARTHA MacNEAL
Daily Staff Writer
WHEN PAKISTAN'S President
Mirza invited army General
Ayub Khan to govern as Premier
with -him in October, 1958, he told
the nation, "Western type demo-
cracy cannot function here under
present conditions. I promise you
you will be happier and freer."
One month later, Ayub Khan
ousted him into exile, in a blood-
less coup, and took over the Presi-
dency as a benevolent dictator. At
that time he asserted that "any
country which does not have a
Communist dictatorship has some
form of democracy," a statement
of dubious accuracy.
Now, presenting Pakistan with
a constitution ending the three-
year martial law, Ayub Khan
echoes the words of his predeces-
sor: the parliamentary system is
"a luxury that a developing coun-
try like ours cannot afford. We
have not yet attained several so-
phistications that are necessary for
its successful operation. You need
a much higher level of education,
prosperity, public spirit and in-
tegrity."
* *
HE MAY BE RIGHT. In 1959,
Charles Burton Marshall reported
in "Foreign Affairs" that "the
failure of the legislative principle
in Pakistan has been too obvious
to be denied." Under Mirza's gov-
ernment, parliamentary brawls in-
volving physical injury were not
unknown. Political parties had pri-
vate armies, and unity was im-

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New.Constitution

possible. The literacy rate is 16
per cent. Divided by 1000 miles
of India, Pakistan has no common,
language or history. West Pakis-
tan is oriented towards the Middle
East, East Pakistan towards
Southeast Asia.
The question for Pakistan now
is whether the new contstitution
will provide a stable, unified gov-
ernment with sufficient trappings
of democracy to satisfy the in-
tellectuals who rioted in February
against the martial regime.- The
constitution represents an admir-
able effort, with certain possibili-
ties for success, but contains many
deficiencies.
During the two-year planning
of the constitution, discussions
about it were often supressed by
martial law. This in itself in-
dicates that however honest Ayub
Khan's one-man efforts have been,
the document; represents only the
analysis of the present govern-
ment.
* * *
THE CONSTITUTION provides
for the indirect election of the
President. The President and legis-
lators of the National Assembly
will be chosen by electoral colleges
consisting of elected members of
local grass-roots councils. The
President's cabinet members will
be appointed by him, and may
participate in legislative debate,
but will not be responsible to the
legislators.
The President will have veto
power over all legislation, but his
veto may be overridden by a two-

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OSA: Academic Dereliction?
By PHILIP SHERMAN, City Editor

'HERE ARE too many people in the Univer-1
sity who just don't seem to care enough
out re-organization of the Office of Student
ffairs.
Vice-President for Academic Affairs Roger
eyns told a Challenge audience that, while
e philosophy of the office is worth considera-
on, the question of formal reorganization of
.e office is rath r unimportant. A Daily
rvey now in progress indicates a woeful
norance on the part of the student body.
seems that only a few student affairs ad-
inistrators, faculty "activists" and students
e concerned with the whole problem-the
diosophy and structure-of the OSA.
Yet everyone in the University ought to be
ncerned. A good OSA philosophy is needed
promote the aims of the University; and a
und structure and excellent staff are needed
carry it out.
'HE GREATEST single reason why people
don't care is the usual indifference to most
ything. Who cares about Joint Judic except
r people who believe they have been treated
ifairly? Who cares about a stupid staff man'
cept those who had to live on his corridor?
here is, little general concern.
But beyond this, an important reason for
.difference is based on a conception of the
niversity.
The unfortunate conception is that students
d teachers are here almost entirely to gain
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knowledge and do research, that all else is,
at best, of peripheral importance.
At the core of this set of ideas is the
' tacit belief that the main purpose of the Uni-
versity is to produce professors and researchers.
As long as so-called "student affairs" do not
interfere with the strictly: academic, they may
be left to the technicians, the deans and as-
sistant deans, house mothers and staff coun-,
selors, to be handled as these people wish.
BUT THE PROFESSORS and administrators
who profess all this are wrong,' for stu-
dent affairs cannot be left to the technicians.
The events of this year should indicate that.'
Although adult graduate students have no
need of an OSA, younger students do. The OSA
has a creative role in helping them to grow
and mature to a point where they do not need
guidance or control, where they can take on
the independent responsibilities of the academic
community.
There is much to indicate that this is not
happening, that the OSA, as presently set up
and staffed, is not carrying out this role. Every
student with a problem that is not solved
may not realize his academic potential. Every
student who is poorly counselled, or coddled, or
who has an unanswered grievance, may not
work up to his potential. In all these cases,
the over-all academic aim of the University
won't be realized.
A GOOD OSA, with a sound philosophy and
personnel organized and willing to carry it
out, can therefore aid in the purely academic
process. Academicians who do not take a
definite role are derelict in their duties.
But there are many who think the solitary
emphasis on the strictly academic is a bit
sterile.
The University has to do more than just
train people for more academics.
Whether the student is headed for a pro-
fessorship, a busines office or a kitchen, college
represents the transition from childhood to
adulthood, from non-responsibility to respon-
sibility.

thirds majority of the Assembly.
The President may dissolve the
Assembly, but if he does so he
must within 120 days, subsequently
seek the personal re-endorsement
of the electoralcollege, which may
elect a new President. Provincial
Governors will be appointed by the
President and their cabinets must
be approved by him. Land reforms
will remain in effect.
* * *
TO PACIFY East Pakistan,
which has tended to feel that
West Pakistan has dominated it
politically and economically, Ayub
has provided for a "second capi-
tal" at Dacca, in East Pakistan,
which will be the seat of the
central legislature. The seat of the
central government, however, will
be at Islamabad, in West Pakistan.
This division, though intended
to unify the country, threatens to
divide it 'still further. With more
than 1000 miles between the cen-
tral government and the legis-
lature, cooperation will be severly
hampered. It is entirely possible
that a President could consolidate
personal power in West Pakistan,
leaving the East floundering un-
der a legislature with no execu-
tive support. The fact that the
President appoints his own cab-
inet members who are not respon-
sible to the legislature heightens
this possibility.
Secondly, the election procedure
itself does not seem to encourage
unity. If the electoral college is
composed of men chosen for local
councils, those men will undoubt-
edly represent local attitudes, and
may have no idea whatever of
Pakistan as a nation. Yet it is
they who will be choosing the
President, possibly in an atmos-
phere of complete chaos.
The legislators themselves will
be responsible to see that no law
violates the rights of the "basic'
democracies" at the local level, but
no court will have the power to
challenge the legislators. Who will?
Conceivably, the President could
be busy far away, consolidating his
own power, and the legislature
could simply totter into corrup-
tion or confusion.
YET PAKISTAN itself has re-
ceived the constitution in a hope-
ful spirit. It has been called '"a
master stroke of courage and vi-
sion," and "a charter of demo-
cracy." The Pakistani "Morning
News" feels certain that the Pres-
ident will be "as much bound (to
the Constitution) as any citizen
of Pakistan."
If they are right, the consti-
tution does offer Pakistan the
possibility of great political ad-
vance. But so much of the Con-
stitution's effect will depend on
the personality of the President
himself, that the situation remains
precarious.

TODAY AND TOMORROW:
Why Go toG eneva?

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:
Joint Judic Members
Offer Fine Proposals

To the Editor:
CONGRATULATE Mr. Berger
and the members of Joint Ju-
diciary Council on their proposed
bylaw revisions-particularly those
which would guarantee due pro-
cess of law. These changes are
badly needed; I hope that their
'mplementation will not be block-
ed.
I hope that the University's
other judiciaries-particularly Wo-
men's Judiciary Council, Women's
Panel, and the Faculty Sub-
Committee on Student Discipline
--will recognize the value of these
revisions and will adopt similar
changes. At present, for example,
only the Inter-Quadrangle Judie
guarantees any of the elements of
basic due process.
Furthermore, I hope that Joint
Judic will support strongly the
recommendation of the OSA Study
Committee that penalties for the
violation of University regulations
governing student extra-classroom
should be leveled only by Judi-
ciaries. At present, as indicated
by Mr. Berger in The Daily article,
the Deans' offices (Mr. Bingley
and Mrs. Davenport) decide in
each case whether they wish to
handle the case directly (and levy

Cliche ,,,
To the Editor:
AM quite interested in Miss
Donna Robinson's recent report
concerning the fundamental law
of British historian Professor C.
Northcote Parkinson but the basis
of my interest is not as you would
imagine. I am intrigued by the
fact that the presumably British
"Dr. Lockstock (was) for years
a close associate of the famous Dr.
Barrel."
All the years I had mistakenly
thought the expression "lock, stock
and barrel" came from our own
colorful west. And again we have
failed to credit the Mother Coun-
try. Obviously, the British medical
team of Lockstock and Barrel have
given us that most useful expres-
sion.
-Prof. J. H. Burckhalter,
Pharmaceutical Chemistry

By WALTER LIPPMANN
T IS SO EASY to write off as
hopeless the coming disarma-
ment conference that one may ask
why the British, the Soviets, and
we are taking the trouble to at-
tend it. The reason is not that we
are wishful thinkers and do not
know the facts of life. The rea-
son is that although there seems
to be so little chance of a treaty,
there is a basic agreement which
dominates the whole situation. It
is that a nuclear war would be
mutually suicidal and that, there-
fore, the nuclear powers must
keep in contact, must keep talking
while they wait for what the fu-
ture may bring.
From this Anglo-American po-
sition the French government dis-
sents. It will not even send an
observer, much less its Foreign
Minister, to Geneva. Is this be-
cause the French government does
not believe, as do the three others
of the Big Four, that a nuclear
war would be mutually suicidal?
Not at all.
The French government is so
certain that the Soviet Union will
not go to war that it sees no need,
as do the English-speaking coun-
tries, to keep in contact in order
to reduce the danger of miscalcu-
lation and accidents. This lofty
disdain in Paris is based, not on
the power of the French nuclear
deterrent but, on the power of the
United States nuclear deterrent.
It is in fact hitch-hiking diplo-
macy.
** *
MR. KHRUSHCHEV'S long mes-
sage in reply to the President's
address on resuming nuclear test-
ing spells out with veiy nearly,
complete candor the Geneva di-
lemma. In Mr. Khrushchev's view
the Soviet series of tests last

are trying to overtake, and this
will be "aggressive" on our part.
The catch in the whole argu-
ment is that if we were to let the
Soviet Union catch up, we should
in fact be letting them have the
capacity to take the lead. For, in
the nuclear race, the momentum
of scientific research and experi-
mentation is such that there is
never exact equality.. The best that
is possible is a stalemate created .
by. the fact that neither side could
win by a first strike and that each
side has the retaliatory power to
deter the other.
THIS IS in fact the situation
today. But it is not the legalized
situation. Neither side will tow
agree to a treaty which freezes
the existing stalemate. We can,
however, we hope and believe,
maintain 'the stalemate in fact,
and this would mean that war was
prevented. But there is no present
prospect that we can translate
this stalemate, in which we have
superior power, into the inter-
national law of a treaty.
'* * *
THE PRACTICAL EFFECT of
the dilemma, in which neither side
can afford to fight and neither
can afford to make an agreement,
is that the diplomatic discussions
are bound to work their way
around to the other issues of the
cold war. On the record, this is
prohibited by Dr. Adenauer and
Gen. de Gaulle. But off the record
it is bound to happen.
If it is not done at the summit,
if it is not done at the Foreign
Ministers' level, it will be done
by Ambassadors, or sons-in-law,
or brothers, or other go-betweens.
They very fact that the disarma-
ment negotiations as such are
frozen will lead to an unfreezing
elsewhere.

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