TIRRELL EDIT: "MISUNDERSTANDING' See Page 4 Y SirCi~1 :4Iat, SUNNY AND COOLER HIgh-41 Low-24 Fair today with westerly winds 8-12 mph. Seventy-One Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXII, No 119 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1962 SEVEN CENTS SIX PA( - S 0 Regents To View OSA Proposals Board To Formulate Conclusions; Lewis To Analyze Suggestions By PHILIP SHERMAN City Editor The Regents will consider a broad selection of recommendations before they reach a final decision on revisions in the Office of Student Affairs. Regent Eugene B. Power said after yesterday's meeting that the Regents have "lots of suggestions." The question now is how to proceed, he said.' Vice-President for Student Affairs James A. Lewis has been asked to analyze the recommendations of the Office of Student Affairs Study Committee and other concerned groups and will make EUGENE B. POWER . "lots of suggestions" IFC RULES: F a Fraternities. Keep Status By GERALD STORCH Kappa Alpha Psi and Triangle are still members of the Univer-, sity's fraternity system. After discussing the problems of the two groups-both organiza- tions' small membership, and Kappa Alpha Psi's failure to pay Interfraternity Council dues-the IFC Executive Committee decided Thursday night that they should retain their status as fraternities. The cases differ markedly, how- ever, with Triangle showing strong progress and Kappa Alpha Psi displaying less encouraging signs, IFC Executive Vice - President Michael Landwirth, '62, said. Beginning the fall semester with only eight members and after go- ing without a new pledge for two years, Triangle obtained five new men during open rush last fall and three during the regular rush this spring. Triangle member Brian Gore, Grad, said yesterday that with the increased membership the group will be looking for a larger house to move into next fall. In view of these considerations, the executive committee tabled an- other review of Triangle's status until next fall, Landwirth report- ed. Kappa Alpha Psi will be invited to appear at the executive com- mittee's meeting next month to discuss the house's membership problems, failure to pay IFC dues and its lack of attendance at Fra- ternity Presidents' Assembly meet- ings. >a series of proposals. At the same time, Power said, the Regents will read on their own and formulate opinions. Hear Other Views In addition to the OSA study committee report, Power said the comments of Student Government Council, passed this week and the faculty Student Relations Sub- Committee were the "two most prominent" for Regental consid- eration. Lewis said that, although he had not planned to send these docu- ments to the Regents, the groups concerned (SGC and the Univer-, sity Senate Advisory Committee, which is over the SRC) are free to do so. At the meeting, Regent Donald M. D. Thurber commented on the' high volume of mail coming to the Regents concerning possible OSA changes. Comments Vary Power said the comments have ranged from support of the OSA committee report to condemnation of any change. "It is a peculiar fact," he re- marked, that most people con- sider the ideal educational system the one that existed when they were young. People don't like change." But he said that alumni, for instance, have few immediate facts at their disposal and should "have confidence in the elected repre- sentatives (the Regents) for vi- able, wise decisions to promote the interests of the University." Dine with SGC The Regents had dinner with SGC Thursday night, and student affairs in general were discussed. Power called the meeting a "give and take exchange" and said such matters were discussed as whether students should have a dominant voice in rule-making and deter- mination of the conditions under which -they will live, what is wrong with the University's rela- tionship with its students, dif- ficulties with student activities and the need for greater student par- ticipation. SGC President Richard Nohl, '62BAd, called the meeting "ex- cellent," said it was better than a similar session last year. The meeting went until 10 p.m. Thurs- day, Romney Backers Elect Officers The Romney Volunteers of Washtenaw County elected a slate' of officers at a meeting last night in the Ann Arbor Public Library. The . officers are: Chairman, John Hathaway; vice-chairmen, Carl Hawkins and William D. Ba- rense; secretary, Barbara Wood; and treasurer, S. J. Elden. Romney Defends Bar gain' By JAMES NICHOLS Constitutional convention dele- gate George Romney (R-Bloom- field Hils) found himself the cen- ter of controversy yesterday as a result of a compromise on sev- eral important con-con issues. The compromise, reached in a series of heated Republican cau- cuses, is designed to present a GOP united front at the conven- tion. It provides for consideration of area as well as population in apportioning the House of Repre- sentatives; popular election of the secretary of state and the attor- ney general; a 15 mill' limit on property taxes formerly rejected by the convention; and continued earmarking of state funds. Romney, leader of the "mod- erate" Republican delegates, ear- lier opposed all of these measures. Defends Compromise A Republican candidate for gov- ernor defended the compromise last night in a telephone interview. Romney said the Republican com- promise was necessary to prevent conservative out-state delegates from forming a coalition with Democrats. The coalition would have been "disruptive of further conventionhproceedings," he said. With the coalition prevented, the convention "can now continue+ to make improvements," he added. Governor John B. Swainson fir- ed a barrage of criticism at the "sell-out" and at Romney, "It shows to what extent he will mark down the rights of Michigan's cit- izens to negotiate a quick sale," Swainson said. Predicts Defeat Swainson also predicted that the new constitution would be defeat-.. ed at the polls if the RepublicanI compromise package holds up.' "This is definitely not the case," Romney said. "We are writing one of the finest-if not the finest--' state constitutions in the United States." The results of the con-1 vention, as indicated by its pre- liminary work, "have already jus- tified the effort of the delegates many times over." "The convention is totally dif- ferent from every other delibera- tive body," Romney said. The State Legislature can take up un- finished business next year, but the convention is "a one-shot deal." Agreements have to be made, and for this, compromise is necessary, he concluded. Student Loses Court Attempt For 'UJ' Degree James H. Johnston, a former student in the medical school, has lost his Supreme Court bid to com- pel the University to grant him a degree. The court unanimously rejected a writ to order the Regents, the dean of the medical school, and the state Board of Registry to con- fer him a degree. Johnston argued that the University had unlawfully delegated its right to the National Board of Medical Examiners. Johnston failed portions of ex- aminations sponsored by the na- tional board in 1958. As a result, he had to take oral examinations on the failed subjects. Approval for <"> Appoint 20 To Faculty At Meeting Niehuss Presides In Hatcher's Absence By MICHAEL HARRAH The Regents yesterday made 20 faculty appointments and promo- tions at their regular meeting chaired by University Executive Vice-President Marvin L. Niehuss who filled in for University Presi- dent Harlan Hatcher, now touringI Venezuela and Peru for the Ford Foundation. Prof. Harold J. Magnuson of the United States Public Health Ser- vice was appointed director of the industrial health institute, pro- fessor of industrial health and chairman of the department of in- dustrial health in the public health school beginning April 1. Prof. Wilbert J. McKeachie of the psychology department was appointed chairman of that de- partment for a four-year term be-# ginning July .1. Hall Appointed Prof. Robert B. Hall of the geography department was named acting chairman of that depart- ment during the leave of Prof. Lewis Sets -Daily Michael Myers PAN-AFRICANISM-Five panelists last night discussed the social and political movements of Africa. They were (l. to r.) Salah Eldareer and Mansour Hassan, of the United Arab Republic; moderator Herbert Sigman of the political science department; Isaac Adalemo of Nigeria; and Theodore Ntoampe of the Union of South Africa. IPanel Reviewu's Pan- rcns Senior -- Women i T'o Receive Apartments See Related Story, Page 2 Charles M. Davis in the fall semes- ter of the coming year, and Prof. Elman R. Service of the anthro- pology department was named act- ing chairman of that department during the leave of Prof. James N. Spuhler next year. The. Regents also appointed Prof. Otis D. Duncan of the Uni- versity of Chicago as professor of sociology. In recommending the appoint- ment, Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the literary college Roger W. Heyns noted that Prof. Duncan is "generally regard- ed as one of the two leading stu- dents of human ecology and demo- graphy in the United States." Gay Receives Post Prof. Helen Gay of the Carnegie Institute has been appointed pro- fessor of zoology, one-quarter time, beginning with the coming year. Dean Heyns noted that Prof. Gay, who holds degrees from Mount Holyoke College and Mills College at Oakland, will retain her Carnegie post, but is coming to the University to do research with Prof. Berwind Kaufmann of the zoology department. Prof. Arthur P. Mendel of New York University was appointed as- sociate professor of history, be- ginning with the coming year, but he will assume his duties early in order to aid in the revision and re- organization of 'the Russian pro- gram here. By ROBERT SELWA What do Africa's burning feel- ings against colonialism and to- ward non-alignment and pan-Af- ricanism portend? Five panelists taking part in the third of nine Friday evening inter- national forums sponsored by the Ecumenical Campus Center gave varied answers last night. Mansour Hassan, Grad, of the United Arab Republic, noted four factors in pan-Africanism. Notes Strong Binds These are a strong bind from. having "drunk of the same cup- Set hange In SGC Plan The Regents yesterday approved addition of an initiative and ref- erendum provision to the Student Government Council plan. Vice-President for Student Af- fairs James A. Lewis, who carried the proposal to the Regents, called initiative and referendum an "ex- cellent addition to the plan," but said he has "no notion at all whether the student body will use The plan, passed last month by SGC, allows students with a pe- titionof 1,000 signatures to ini- tiate legislation changing the Council plan or eligibility, stu- dent project, student opinion, and student liaison functions of the SGC plan. The Council by a two-thirds vote may also remand legislation to the electorate under these sec- tions of the plan. With a petition of 1,000 signatures, students may demand that any Council action within these areas be put to the electorate for approval. To be valid, at least 75 per cent voting in the SGC election must cast ballots on the initiative or referendum. A majority vote ap- proves the action on the function sections of the plan, but any change in the plan itself requires Va two-thirds vote. Voter actions are binding on the bitter imperialism"; a desire to correct the misunderstanding that Africa is backward; an economic struggle for a better standard of living; and, "unrealistic and un- just" national boundaries. He said obstacles to pan-Afri- canism include a variety of lan- guages, the size of the continent and local pride based upon tribal organization. Isaac Adalemo, '64, of Nigeria, said there is a feeling of unity, and neigrborliness in Africa fos- tered by cultural exchanges. Common Objectives "Africans know they have com- mon objectives, as the freeing of our brothers in South Africa and the removing of colonialism from the continent," he commented. "Africans of different paths are coming together." Theodore Ntoampe, Spec, a journalist from the Union of South Africa, stressed that Afri- can non-alignment is only tem- porary. Non-Alignment Question "When the economic problem is solved, the question of non-align- ment will disappear," he empha- sized.' He explained that African na- tions maintain neutrality so they will be listened to and so they can make independent judgment. He said that it is "very diffi- cult" for a nation to align with anyone until it is economically strong. Views Colonialism He added that until colonialism is completely done away with in Africa, it will be "extremely diffi- cult" for Africans to have "a warm attitude" toward the West. Salah Eldareer, Grad, also of the UAR, pointed out that Africa lies, like a vacuum, "wide open." "And it is the richest prize on the globe today," he said. Eldareer said the democratic life is definitely cherished by the ed- ucated African and that democra- cy can be instituted in Africa - "but only by the African, in his own way." Protest Against Racism Speaking last, moderator Her- bert Sigman of the political sci- ence department, said Pan-Afri- canism was initially a protest against racism. Later it was a tool of national independence movements, he said, noting that recently it seems de- signed to promote broader unity among African states. There have been a remarkable number of experiments leading to- ward greater unification, Sigman said, such as the effort to estab- lish an all-African trade union. New Policy On Housing Organizations' Study Leads to Proposal; Ask Patents' Consent By DENISE WACKER Senior women will be permitted to live in off-campus housing next semester. An announcement of the ap- proval of the recommendation granting senior women automatic apartment permission was made yesterday by Vice-President for Student Affairs James A. Lewis. "After careful study of this- recommendation with the Office of the Dean of Women and other University officials, the recom- mendations ... are being approved effective in the fall semester," Lewis said in a report to the Re- gents. Includes All Women The apartment permission in- cludes all women at the Univer- sity having attained senior status and in good academic standing. Written approval of parents of women intending to live in off- campus housing is required, and it is understood that residence hall contracts for the senior must be honored. The recommendation is the re- sult of a semester-long study by Assembly Association, Women's Senate, the Women's League Council, Women's Judiciary Coun- cil and Panhellenic Association. The final draft of the recom- mendation was drawn up by Lewis and the dean of women's office and was based primarily on the proposal from the women's or- 'ganizations, Lewis said. Assembly Survey A survey made by Assembly As- sociation disclosed that approxi- mately 53 per cent of junior wo- men would live in apartments next year. This represents an increase of about 200 women in apart- ments. Women's Judic is currently in- vestigating some of the problems which will arise from senior wo- men who remain in the residence halls. One of the chief problems will be that of women's hours, and at present a survey is being taken in residence halls on the opinion of independents on the possible elimination of hours for senior women. Commenting on the passage of the apartment permission, League President Bea Nemlaha, '62, said she "was glad it was approved, and I'm proud it was a policy estab- lished by the women's organiza- tions. However, I hope it'll be only a temporary policy-tempor- ary until the OSA Committee Re- port is acted upon and all women, including freshmen, will not be forced to live in University ap- proved housing." Lagler Lauds Appropriations For New Lab Prof. Karl F. Lagler, chairman of the fisheries department, call ed yesterday's approval of $1,- 198,000 for the construction of a new Bureau of Commercial Fish- eries laboratory in Ann Arbor a "step in the right direction." Having passed the House Ap- propriations Committee, the budg- et item which is part of a bill to give more funds to the Depart- ment of the Interior, will under- go House debate next week. "The action of the committee testifies to the long-felt need of such a facility at the University," Prof. Lagler said last night. "The University has been host to the Great Lakes Fisheies in- vestigations of the federal govern- Nims Recites Own Poetry, Inauuraes Arts Festival By LOUISE LIND "I don't really know what a poetry reading is for, and I can't imagine going to one myself," Prof. John Frederick Nims of the University of Illinois said yesterday at a poetry reading hour which inaugurated the Creative Arts Festival. "However, a poetry reading does have its advantages for the writer. It gives him'a chance to get his poems out in public where he can see their faults. And the poems don't always sound as good as he thought they would." Reading from his collected poems in The Iron Pastoral (f947), A Fountain in Kentucky (1950), and Knowledge of the Evening: Poems 1950-1960, Prof. Nims explained the processes involved in the composition of a poem. On Poetry Writing TO SING AT 'SUMMIT': Cayuga Waiters Begin Cornell Tradition The Cayuga Waiters are rapidly becoming a tradition at Cornell University, as they have been sing- ing at fraternity parties, concerts and neighboring schools since 1948. "We sing more in a more infor- mal manner : than most Ivy League' groups, such as the one at Yale where they sing The Whiffenpoof Song in tails," the Waiters said yesterday. "We usually sing in close har- mony after the fashion of the Four Freshmen, and we sing for fun; there's no individual profit." "We broke from the Glee Club in 1956 so that we could have more freedom of repertoire and selec- tion. We do all our own arranging and managing, and we are espe- electorate until after the next "There's a lot of work to writing poetry. Some people think that regularly scheduled SGC election, you just sit there by an ocean or something and the Muse comes. However, the results of student "Lines of a poem may come almost spontaneously, but the opinion referendums are not bind- experienced poet learns to be suspicious of these. He may, as Robert ing on Council. Lowell did, spend 100 hours work- ing out a troublesome eight-line stanza. . "The poet must know how long not to be satisfied with such lines.> He must work and rework them but in the end, they should sound. as though no work had been done kr At their monthly meeting yes- on them at all. terday, the Regents replied to a Warns Young Poets: special group commissioned by "Young poets and students President John F. Kennedy, which can't write simply. It took Yeats: is investigating employment stat- half a lifetime to learn how." us at various institutions. Reading a poem which he de- This group has asked the Uni- scribed as particularly tight inF versity to submit a break-down style, Prof. Nims commented, "To-