Seventy-Second Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS here opinions Are r ee STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, MICH. * Phone NO 2-3241 Truth Will Prevail" Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. "Glad To Be Aboard--Uh--Chief" / r . :: °::. - '_ w ? n . ,'i 1 :I. CITYSCOPE: Tempers Endanger Housing Ordinance NESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1961 NIGHT EDITOR: JUDITH OPPENHEIM Faculty Limits Its Own Power over Policy li. ACCORDING to the state constitution, the eight Regents bear ultimate responsibility for what happens at the University. They make up a governing board with the legal power of framing overall policy for this institution. The Regents, however, cannot devote their full time to the task of running the University; the problems that arise demand the energies ,f 'far more'than eight people. To implement their decisions and to keep them informed of what is happening on the campus, the Regents choose administrators. The faculty traditionally possesses .much power in making the decisions about academic natters-what type of student should be ad- nitted, what course he will take, what require- nents are necessary to earn a degree, who is it to be a member of the faculty, how money s to be distributed along the lines of salaries and research projects. With the eruption of supercampuses and he accelerating rate at which knowledge is limbing, the faculty cannot be concerned with very detail of admitting students or hiring tew professors. The faculty thus turns to ad- ninistrators to carry out its decisions. rHE STUDENTS will soon find themselves doing what the Regents and faculty have tone. The influence that Student Government "ouncil has is blunted because the Council has o little time to exercise it. The petty details tith which SGC now concerns itself must be iven back to the administration if SGC is to ind the time to discuss and act on basic policy. The three-sided demand for administrators till increase as the University's 'size and com- lexity does. Aside from the evils of Parkinson's aws, a growing administrative apparatus poses danger to the community by its tendency to ccumulate the rights of decision-making as t takes over new administrative details. This process does not occur through out- ight grabs for power by the salmon-tower iwellers, but rather from the laziness and lack f interest in the other constituent parts of he University. True, students have never had much power to give away and the Regents, as npaid public servants, 'can't devote enough Lme to really know what ails the University The Ramp PLANK OF WOOD is causing a major crisis on the Hill, Women are now faced with the decision of 'hether to ruin their bicycle tires bumping hem up the stairs or attempt to scale the al- iost insurmountable hill on North University etween Forest and Observatory. The major actor in this small drama is a 'ooden ramp that normally lies along the fairway on the Hill. The University Plant Department was no- fled last week, when the hunk of wood was rst reported missing. They are still looking for it. They don't now who took it. NTHY can't they replace it? -E. SILVERMAN and what must be done to preserve its quality for the future. THE FACULTY, however, is not a transient element on the campus. Many instructors are anchored here through 10 generations of students and two or three eras of administra- tors. The professors are the basis of the Uni- versity-the reason good students choose to come to Ann Arbor to learn. Their quality sets the limits of quality for the University. They can, if they want, exercise great in- fluence on the direction in which the Univer- sity will move and bring to the decision-making sessions long and fruitful experience with its problems. Administrators have shown themselves will- ing to listen, to the views of faculty and temper their judgments by them, but they cannot be expected to encourage interference , in the operation of their particular pockets of power. Unless the faculty is willing to act, it will gain nothing. THE PAST FEW YEARS have seen a resurg- ence in faculty interest, and therefore, fac- ulty influence, in formulating University policy. Unfortunately, this has been limited to a few individual professors who have devoted them- selves to the task, despite the frowns of other colleagues and the diminished chances for pro-j motion or salary boosts. "Service to the Uni- versity" is not a prime criterion for reaching high rank in a department, 'Faculty members are not intrinsically better qualified or more efficient at running the Uni- versity than full-time administrators. Most of the top level administration is drafted from the ranks of professors, anyway. But faculty members must become interest- ed enough in the University to study the prob- lems of student relations or athletic policy andf make their opinions felt because the faculty forms the basis of the University community and, therefore, has the responsibility for it. THE REPORT of the Faculty-Student Rela- tions Committee which asked a shakeup in the Office of Student Affairs this spring put forth the thesis that the general responsibility of the University rests ultimately with the fac- ulty-as if it didn't already. Few decisions about University policy are made without prior consultation of the faculty and fewer without the faculty's consent. Al- though only a few professors actively engage in the process and are enraged when an oppres-. sive decision is made, the administration knows the University cannot survive a long period of strained faculty relations. An austerity budget that reigns too long in an atmosphere where the rights of faculty are suppressed makes even the most complacent professor attuned to offers from other campuses. FACULTY OPINION can influence the deci- sion making process. Too few faculty mem- bers have made use of it, because too many have a narrow view of their duties which does not transcend the bounds of their department. If the professors want a larger role in policy formation, the efforts cannot be confined to a handful of men. -MICHAEL OLINICK By MICHAEL HARRAH Daily staff writer THE TEMPERS that flared and the personalities that turned up at Monday's City Council meet- ing may have put Councilman Lynn Eley's proposed fair housing ordinance well on its way to be- coming the most ill-begotten piece of legislation Ann Arbor has ever seen. Councilman Wendel Hulcher's plea with his colleagues and the constituency for a non-partisan and unemotional analysis of the entire issue may have gone for naught. Already, before any ,posi- tive action was taken, parties on all sides have their backs up and they are prejuding a situation which has yet to occur. * * * THIS WAS the byplay: Council heard Eley, at the pro- per point on the agenda, offer a fair housing ordinance. Council procedures require a member to offer a motion 'first and then explain it, but Eley chose to ex- plain the motion first and then offer it. Eley proposed that Cuncil it- self hold informal hearings be- ginning at the next regular ses- sion. He argued that the Human Relations Commission had'avoided the issue and it was clearly the Council's responsibility to do something. Hulcher, the Council's represen- tative on the Commission, sup- ported Eley's motion, but he said he did not feel it was a matter for the Council to deal with. He preferred to put it to citywide referendum. * * * MAYOR CREAL then recognized Councilman John Dowson, but in the meantime, up popped Eley with a demand that his motion be put to a vote immediately-an obvious attempt to stifle further debate. Creal pointedly ignored him until he appealed to City Atty. Jacob Fahrner for a ruling on his request. All this time Dow- son, who legally had the floor, was trying to speak. Fahrner finally. ruled that Creal put Eley's motion for calling the question to a vote. It failed, 9-1, and Dowson was allowed to con- tinue while Eley sulked. Finally the motion for public hearing was amended, so that the public hearings would be held be- fore the HRC and not the City Council. The motion was tabled, pending such action from the Commission-: Eley sprang right up and pro- claimed that he felt such referral was a clear attempt to bury h'is motion, which in fact it probably wasn't. The ordinance is on first reading on the agenda, and there it must stay until it passes to sec- ond reading. The Council cannot get rid of it in any way except to act upon it. COUNCILWOMAN Lydia B. Flannery was the principal spokes- man for the group who favored the referral. She pointed out that the issue was 'very serious and needed full and proper consider- ation; far more in fact than the City Council itself could give. However, since the HRC was es- tablished for the very purpose of dealing with discrimination problems, it is the proper body to handle it. She omitted only one stipulation, as NAACP Albert Wheeler pointed out later. She should have set a deadline for the hearings and another deadline for the Commissions report. Mrs. Flannery's attitude repre- sented a concern for the matter but a distrust for haste. Such a feeling was supported by Hulcher, who said that such an ordinance was to be carefully considered,. since "the majority of the citizenry do not want legislation at this time." Hulcher's statement clearly in- dicates a need for deliberate and careful steps, to gain the widest possible acceptance for what would amount to a community better- ment. Mrs. Flannery seemed to realize what Eley did not-that such forced legislation would solve nothing. * * *, BUT ELEY wasn't throgh yet, nor was Creal. On a later matter of business, Eley saw his chance to throw, a legitimate and well- taken ' monkey-wrench into an otherwise harmonious effort. He opposed the closing of a little- used street on the grounds the Council should wait until they had the deed to an alternative right-of way before they took the irrevocable action of closing the first one. However, I suspect that Eley did not oppose the matter so much on procedure as on vindictiveness, for it was an action which Mayor Creal openly favored. * * * INTERESTED CONSTITUENTS didn't help the situation either. Democratic City Chairman Gar- rett Weinberg hinted that Coun- cil was dragging its feet, and, in case he didn't make the message clear enough, Prof. Daniel Fus- feld of the economics department openly questioned the integrity of the council members who "refused to face up to their responsibilities." He said they had no business re- ferring the matter to a body they were not members of. His words were relatively suc- cessful in antagonizing the mem- bers of the Council who were thus far undecided. His remarks to Mrs. Flannery were quite insolent. It was apparent that Mrs. Flan- nery was offended by Fusfeld's barrage, for she found it necessary to request permission to speak in her own defense. Mrs. Flannery's refutation of Fusfeld's attack was vocal proof that her sympathy with his cause was slipping. * * * THE BYPLAY will not end here. Wheeler said he hoped that the issue would cease to be a game of political ping-pong. It won't. Conduct such as Fusfelds, Eley's and Creal's only makes the op- position madder. The spirit of compromise is rel- atively non-existent. Advocates of the ordinance will consider no other course than immediate ac- tion. The opposition is insistent upon burying it. Those who are undecided, but would like to hear all sides of the matter, are being coerced and insulted by either side. Such an atmosphere may well produce an ordinance, but I ser- iously doubt that it could be a very good one. For want ofrestraint, the battle may be lost. WOMEN IN QUADS: Dangerous Revolution Brews (EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a letter to the Editor printed last weekend in The Ann Arbor News.) ON NOV. 1 the Interquadrangle Council proposal to allow non- freshman women to visit in the quads was approved by the Student. Government Council. Soon it tomes up for a decision by the Residence Halls Board of Gov- ernors. As parents we cannot be- lieve that the majority of other parents or Michigan taxpayers would approve. Let's make our voices heard! This question of "not enough freedom" is a tough one for stu- dents all over the country. A group of students is saying that the University has too many rules. They have passed a resolution that non-freshman women students should be allowed in the men's dormitory rooms with the doors shut from noon to within one- half hour of women's closing hours. * * * SOME STUDENTS and faculty in the University think the stu- dents should be allowed to do as they want, and see this issue as part of a struggle for power be- tween the University and the stu- dents. The trouble is that all this rebellion can be used by com- munism to break down the moral fiber of the whole University. When students can't say "no" to themselves they get confused, and cannot say "no" to- communism o: confused people either. They will look for some one strong to tell them what to do. Neither these rebellious students or the ones who outwardly con- form to the University rules have the answer. They are thinking of themselves and what they want, while there are trained students in their midst who are interested only in forwarding a master plan that will put them in control of the University and all the stu- dents; those who rebel, those who ccnform, and the 'faculty as well. REAL FREEDOM never lies in rebellion against authority or outr wardly conforming to it. In the first instance, you please yourself; in the second, the motive is to please other people. Real freedom lies in your own heart and in doing what is right "as God gives me to see the right." This is the only real road to the peace and freedom we long for; the freedom of living honestly so that we have nothing to hide and the freedom to obey and fight for what we know in our hearts is right-nut license or what we want for our- selves. Feelings run strongly on both sides of this issue. Our schools, colleges and country need men of courage like Lincoln who refuse to hate when others are hateful, and will stand for what is right for the health of the whole coun- Engineering at Yale DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN try. The problem really lies in the retreat of the men and women of character and courage; rather than in the question of right or left, power, or communism. It's a hard' fight, but the only sane one. Those who love their coun- try need to find it in this issue and others; otherwise we will lose the freedom we talk about so much. -Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Allen Democracy... To the Editor: THAT SOMEONE views the ac- tions of student government concerning the women guest policy in the way of Dr. and Mrs. Allen startles me. It would even be humorous except for the fact that these people seem to believe this. They believe that students exer- cising democratic practice is dan- gerous and that it will weaken our moral fibre. I disagree. I think an adminis- tration that steadfastly says "No!" to student proposals, that refuses to listen, that doesn't even con- consider the student desires (and it is the students, after all, who must live under the regulations, not Dr. and Mrs. Allen) would lead to discontent with democratic means. As long as the students feel they can look to their duly elected rep- resentatives in student government to obtain consideration, action, and useful change by the adminis- tration concerning reasonable measures you will have students who have faith in democracy. When in a country that is sup- posed to be the great democratic experiment they find that the use of democratic processes net them not a thing, that nothing is to be gained in this way, then you have fertile grounds for the im- plantation of the seed of revolu- tionary desire to seize government to get their way. THE ADMINISTRATION of the University of Michigan should be recognized for encouraging and supporting student government, for enabling students to practice the governmental procedures of our political system. Proper use of the tools of free government, such as open discus- sion, expression of opinion by vot- ing, etc., to obtain action and re- sults concerning reasonable ob- jections and proposals will foster a greater respect for the prin- ciples of democracy than any iron- fisted policy of control by the administration would be able to do. I would be much more alarmed about an administration that thwarts student government, throttles the voices of students asking for change, and leads stu- dents to expect that their efforts at governmental enterprise will be to no avail leading to a disdain for the practice of democracy than the possibility of the influential and effective exercise of legisla- tive process, debate, discussion, and compromise leading to the THE PLANNED RENOVATION of the Yale Engineering School into a graduate cur- riculum has the appearance of a publicity stunt rather than a genuine improvement, at least so far. Yale has finally recognized that something has, to be done with its failing engineering school. It has also demonstrated knowledge of the changing character of technical education. But so far, the program has not integrated the two discoveries into an improvement in' Yale curriculum. WIHTHE APPOINTMENT of a new dean, Flix Zweig, Yale indicated that it was los- [ng both faculty and students from the school. The school is quite small as it is and the cost of educating individual students is going up.' At the time of his appointment, Zweig re- ported that he would follow the suggestions of a current study committee on the school com- posed of seven engineers and scientists. When the report was released last week, 'there were Qfr A3r alt. DWzI structural changes, a vague recommendation for the curriculum and a suggestion for a new center on science and engineering. Yale has greatly publicized this "new type" of engineer- ing education. THE STRUCTURAL REVISIONS were prob- ably inspired by a' shrinking budget. They abolished the separate engineering school and established an engineering major in the col- lege. This cut out duplications in function between the science departments and the en- gineering school curriculum. They recommended development of an un- dergraduate depth course on the nature and history of engineering. They said that students should be introduced early to the use of numer- ical analysis and high speed digital computers. This was the 'only attempt at specific course revision. The course suggestions recognize that the rapid advance of technology will outdate the method-orientation of engineers.. Engineering schools are seeking ways to give the engineer a strong base in the sciences that they may understand the advances that will take place. "It is much easier for a scientist to convert himself into an engineer than for the trained engineer to master the ,new science required for a dynamic technology," the Yale report,. said. Recognition of the needs is important, but there is no indication 'that these needs will be implemented through the Yale curriculum. YALE has made great fanfare of what they are going to do, but so far they have only made structural changes of the school for fi- nancial reasons. They have not announced vital nhanoA in +ail. m-- .mafirie. ,1,. 4:; n+fl (Continued from Page 2) The Lucille B. Conger Scholarship is offered to undergraduate women on the basis of academic performance, contribution to University life and fi- nancial need; the stipend is variable. Application forms are available in the Office of the Alumnae Secretary, Alum- ni Memorial Hall, or Alumnae Council Office, Michigan League, and must be returned by Nov. 2?, 1961. Recipients will be announced by Dec. 15, 1961, Approval for the following student sponsored activities becomes effective twenty-four (24) hours after the pub- lication of this notice. All publicity for these events must be withheld until the approval has become effective. Nov. 15-16-Americans Committed to World Responsibility, Petition for Course in, Problems of Peace in Nu- clear Age, Fishbowl, 9-4:15 p.m. Nov. 16-Young Republicans, Address by Rep. George Meader, Union 3 KL, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16-Voice, General Meeting, 3001 SAB, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15-Young Democrats, Address by Joseph Collins, Union, 7:30 p.m. Events Wednesday, Stanley Quartet: Gilbert Ross, violin, Gustave Rosseels, violin, Robert Courte, viola, and Jerome. Jelinek, cello, will present a concert Wed., Nov. 15, 8:30 p.m. in the. Rackham Lecture Hall. They will perform quartets by Mozart, Beethoven, and Bartok. Open to the public at no charge. Events Thursday American Chemical Society Lecture: Nov. 16, 8:00 p.m. 1300 Chem. Bldg. Dr. Frederick W. Billmeyer, Jr., Du Pont Company, will speak on "Recent Ad- vances in Determining Polymer Mole- cular Weights." in 3209 Angell Hall. Coffee in the Math Commons Room, 3rd Floor, An- geld Hall at 3:30 p.m. Applied Mathematics Seminar: Prof. Calvin H. Wilcox, Mathematics Re- search Center, University of Wisconsin, will speak on "The Diffraction of Ac- coustic Waves by an Arbitrary' Rigid Point Set" on Thurs., Nov. 16, at 4:00 p.m. in 246 West Engineering. Refreshments in 274 West Engineer- ing at 3:30 p.m. Seminar in Mathematical Statistics will meet Thurs.,. Nov. 16 at 4 p.m. in 3201 Angell Hall. Prof. C. C. Craig will speak on "A Class of Simple Se- quential Tests on the Mean." Astronomical Colloquium: Thurs., Nov. 16, 4:15 p.m., The 'Observatory. Dr. William Bidelman, of the Lick Observatory, will speak on "Line Iden- tifications in Peculiar Stars." Illustrated Lecture: Studies and the Ann Arbor Society, Archaelogical In- stitute of America. Thurs., Nov. 16. Dr. Vaughn E. Crawford, Metropolitan Mu- seum of Art, New York, on "Nippur,, the Holy City," 4:10 p.m., Aud. B, Angell Hall. Department of Speech Laboratory Playbill: Thurs., Nov. 16, "The Sand- box" will be presented at 4:10 p.m. In the Arena Theatre, Frieze Bldg. Ad- mission free. Placement. U.S. Army Language School, Presidio of Monterey, Calif.-Personnel capable of writing course & establishing teach- ing schedule in Swahili. Appointment not limited to U.S. citizens. Contact: Mrs. Oerther, Bureau of Appointments, Ext. 3541. Overseas Teaching-La Chatelainie in St. Blaise, Switzerland, has a vacancy in January 1962 for a female teacher ORGAN RECITAL: Weinrich Below Par, But Still Enjoyable CARL WEINRICH is well known in this country for his recordings of the complete works of Bach, recorded in Sweden. He is also known to many for the regular recital tours he makes each fall and spring. His recital last night at Hill Aud. was not his best, but it was nevertheless enjoyable. Tended to Loudness One reason for his lacking qualities was that organ registrations tended to sound loud and brash. Loud pedal reed stops, normally reserved for infrequent climaxes, kept returning for insufficient reasons. The program began with the Fantasy and Fugue in G minor' by Bach. The fantasy was played only only two combinations, which was conservative considering the infinite variety available. The fugue revealed good phrasing, but it would have been a relief to hear contrasting sections on combinations which did not include the high- pitched mixtures. The effect produced by Bach's Canonic Variations on the Christ- mas chorale "Vom Himmel hoch" was good, despite a false start of the second variation due to a problem of stop selection. Pauses Unfortunate In fact, it was unfortunate that during the recital Weinrich caused long pauses due to the drawing of stops. They could have been easily avoided by using more of the many combination pistons available. Big reed sounds were again apparent in the Mozart Fantasy in F minor. It was indeed a refreshing moment when soft flutes were heard in the slower middle section. While subtle freedom in rhythm is the only method at the disposal of the organist to achieve climax and accentuation, the freedom employed by Weinrich was not often as subtle as 'it might have been. The result was rhythm that tended to be uneven. It was generally true during the entire recital, although it was most noticeable in. the Mozart. Organist Improves Weinrich's taste and playing was best for the remainder of the 'I Editorial Staff JOHN ROBERTS, Editor 3LIP SHERMAN City Editor HARVEY MOLOTCH Editorial -Director AN FARRELL ..... ..Personnel Director rFI WEINSTEIN ..............Magazine Editor HAEL BURNS ...................... Sports Editor GOLDEN ................ Associate City Editor HARD OSTLING ...... Associate Editorial Director ID ANDREWS.......... Associate Sports Editor 'F MARKS ...... .....Associate Sports Editor Business Stff