Textbook Selection Determined by Department By GAIL EVANS and DEBORAH BEATTIE The responsibility of decision-making in the selection of textbooks is the concern of each autonomous University department. In general, within the various departments the choice of texts for advanced and intermediate courses is left to the discretion of the instructor. n However, in introductory courses selection is usually guided by a departmental committee, a recent survey revealed. Sophistication, con- tent and currency are factors most often taken into account. No Definite Policy Departments have no definite policy about the use of texts writ- ten by the instructor. The fact that a book has been published by a University. professor does not influence text choice except when it has been written specifically, for a University course. Obtaining the best text is the primary consideration. Due to variations in course content and methods of presenta- tion, the decision-making process differs somewhat in each depart- ment. A unique problem which textbooks present for the Slavic language and literature department is that of propaganda. In an attempt to find a book with a usable vocabulary for introductory courses, the department is using a Soviet published book. The text contains usable words and clear explanations but is not objective.. Not Serious Drawback The propaganda is not considered a serious drawback, however, for the department believes that college students should be able to rec- ognize it, Howard R. Dwelley of the department said. He feels that the discussion of the propoganda makes the course particularly interesting for the students. Texts for study of Russian are changed as infrequently as possi- ble. This enables the instructor to know the material thoroughly and eliminates the need for changing language lab tapes, Dwelley said. The factor of cost and the value of books which can be sold for re-use are also considered by the department when texts are reviewed. Change Text' In contrast with policy on Russian texts, the head of the German department, Prof. Clarence R. Pott, said that in language courses it semester, are independent of the ones sponsored by the Literary Col- is important to change the text rather frequently because of transla- tions written between the lines in many used books. Also, course appeal depends on the instructor's enthusiasm which dwindles after teaching the same text over and over again, he said. With the new emphasis on an oral presentation in introductory language courses, the number of texts to choose from has been lim- ited. Ears on Ground Although the department doesn't use special evaluations, Prof. Pott said, "we keep both ears 'to the ground." He feels that the in- structors usually know when the students don't like the texts. A selection of a text which can be used by ten or twenty different instructors to give students in the introductory courses a uniform background is the goal of the supervisory committee of the Romance Language Department, James C. O'Neill, chairman said. Student evaluations of texts play an important part in book selection for the introductory courses in the Botany Department, Prof. Kenneth L. Jones, chairman, said. These evaluations, made each lege. Nationally Recognized The criteria used by the instructors emphasize that the book be up-to-date and written by someone recognized nationally as an au- thority in the field, Prof. Jones added. The longest a textbook is ever used is five years; however, the department usually keeps the books for more than one year to provide easy familiarity with the text on the part of the instructors, he said. For the elementary mathematics courses a committee of instruc- tors reviews the available texts, Prof. George E. Hay, chairman, said. There are more changes in calculus and analytic geometry because of the rapid development in these areas, he said. Many other areas are more static. Not Allowed The department neither encourages nor discourages a professor from using his own text. However, an author of an introductory text is not allowed on the selection committee, Prof. Hay commented. See PROFESSOR, Page 8 ROMNEY' S FUTURE See Page 4 Sirita ~~IAit SLUSHY High--35 Low--33 More rain and drizzle, possibly mixed with snow Seventy-One Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXII, No. 69 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, DECEMER 10, 1961 SEVEN CENTS EIGHT PAGES Claims Rebel Cause Accepted by French By RONALD WILTON "Today France herself acknowledges that our cause is justified and that our independence is not only possible but constitutes the clear and deserved solution to the conflict," Nordine Ait-Laoussine, Spec., said yesterday. Speaking on "Algeria: Let There Be Peace," at a meeting of the Political Issues Club, Ait-Laoussine, who comes from Algiers, explained that in September, 1959, French President Charles de-Gaulle and the Provincial Government of the Algerian Republic adopted the principle of-self-determination as the means of settling the conflict. Sincere Application "Today, two years later, the war is still going on because we in- sisted upon the necessity of a sincere application of this settlement and France refused to accept this," he said. Recalling the Franco-Algerian negotiations in June, 1960, Ait- Laoussine gave the conditions laid down by France. Any discussion of the terms fixed by the French was excluded, the Algerian delegation was forbidden to contact anyone on the outside, and the arrival of the Algerians in France would imply Algerian acceptance of all the condi- tions. Positive Results "These obstacles raised by the French removed the possibility of any positive results from such talks." Following the breakdown of these talks the Algerian Provincial Government called for a referendum of the Algerian people under United Nations supervision. France refused to go along with this, claiming that Algeria was a French internal problem. Decolonization A year later, in May 1961, negotiations were resumed. The French put forth a "so-called" decolonization plan which called for an Algeria reduced to one-fifth of its territory, a legal community of the Euro- peans, grouped together as a privileged minority, a special status of ~certain cities and a partitioning of Algeria. East Germ ans In a counter-proposal the Provi- sional AlgeriancGovernment re- } A " jected the concept of a divided Shoot Austrian Algeria. It refuted as "undemo- cratic" the idea of granting any BERLIN (R') - East German ethnic group special privileges. guards last night shot down a 20- Equal Algerian citizenship to any yer-odAustr student a European who wanted it would be year-old Atrian st t granted and the French would not group of three youths and three be allowed to have military en- girls who had crossed the border claves in Algeria. and were cutting a hole in the "The incompatibility of the barbed wire behind it. West Ber- French requests with the Algerian notion of territorial integrity and ln police said they believed he the principle of self-determination was killed. is obvious." Katanga Rallies Forces As UN Bombers Blast Eisabeth villeBu lding -Daily-James Keson SILENT NIGHT-One University student, apparently unaware of all of the troubles the weather has caused, walks home with his mind probably on homework and his wet feet or even perhaps the beauty of the whitened campus. Snow Brings SowFun, Tragedy Thesnow drifted to the ground, and the comment at the University was "how beautiful." The highways were clogged with ice and slowly creeping cars, and the comment was "how awful." Two inches of snow fell over most of Michigan yesterday as a part of the general low pressure area The West, receiving the storm early yesterday, reported snowfalls of up to 40 inches. The hardest hit area was southern New Mexico. Thirteen deaths across the na- tion were attributed to the inclem- ent weather, 11 of them due to slippery roads. At the University, students took advantage of the weather to create snow sculpture and have snowball fights. In the courtyard of Alice Lloyd Hall, women were busily creating snow people. At the entrance to the Engineer- ing Arch creations were also being erected. MEETING: GOP Group Sees Increase In Higher Education Funds By PHILIP SUTIN Higher education may get an additional $4 million in appropria- tions next year, a meeting of three GOP legislative moderates and three party leaders determined last week. The Republicans, at a session held in Canada, decided that at least $30 million more would be needed to keep state services at current level, House Asst. Floor Leader Rep. Wilfred G. Bassett (R- Jackson) said. "There should be more money appropriated as the number of students increased, but I do not know if the formula will be en- riched," he added. The meeting was held to discuss issues which will be debated at the Republican pre-legislative caucus to be held Dec. 16. "A legislative program is developed in stages: First, policy must be set, then a program established, bills introduced and laws passed." "The meeting was held to explore alternative solutions to state problems," Bassett explained. He declared that an income tax "does not have a chance" of acceptance by the caucus, but that new nuisance taxes may be accepted. Bassett did not expect any new sources to be suggested by the caucus. Spaak Urges Public Proof Of Reasons Terms UN Effort 'Operation for War' BRUSSELS (IP-Foreign Minis- ter Paul-Henri Spaak urged Acting United Nations Secretary-General U Thant yesterday to make public the alleged Katangan attack plan which the United Nations says justified its current action in Katanga. Spaak called the UN action "a war operation." Spaak was answering Thant's reply to two cables he sent Friday. In those he asked Thant to define the judicial principles on which the UN action was based and charged the UN with failing to protect the civilian population of Katanga. Thant rejected Spaak's claims and charged the big Union Miniere Mining Company in Elisabethville with making bombs and armored cars for the Katangese troops. The company denied this yesterday, and Spaak said in his new cable: Supporting Evidence "If you have evidence supporting your accusations it seems to me that it is your duty to give them to me and I am surprised you didn't do it when we met in New York. "As to incidents which preceded the start of the fighting in Katan- ga, they were extensively published in Belgium and Belgian public opinion deeply regretted them. But whatever their seriousness, they don't seem to excuse the military measures employed by the UN which are out of proportion with mentioned incidents and are be- yond the use of legitimate defense. Pressing Demands "I would like to know if you deny that several times civilians could not be evacuated from spots where military operations were being carried on and that, namely, pressing demands. by the Interna- tional Red Cross delegate to obtain evacuation of persons blocked in the new hospital were left unan- swered . "That hospitals were hit not by scattered shells but by real shelling which seemed to be aimed directly Union Sponsors Student-Faculty Conference U THANT ... receives plea COLLEGES: .Attendane S urveyed By BARBARA LAZARUS The proportion of high school graduates who enter the nation's colleges and universities is esti- mated at approximately one out of three students, but only 60 per cent entering college will eventu- ally receive a degree. Recently the Cooperative Re- search Program of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare studied the many factors related to college attendance. The program consisted of three statewide surveys. The findings of all the studies showed that 35-40 per cent of the high school graduates continue their education at' the college lev- el. Class rank and mental ability are two of the most important determiners of whether a student continues his education. In a sep- arate Kansas study it was found that a person in the upper per- centile will enroll in college some 66 per cent of the time. The lower percentile will only go about 13 per cent. The motives of college-bound students were estimated through an opinion rating. Students who check reasons such as "need a de- gree," "enjoy studying," or "ex- See DEPARTMENT, Page 8 Planes Rip University, Radio Station Central Government Renounces Design For 'Warlike Aims' ELISABETHVILLE (I) - Two United Nations jet planes attacked the post office in the middle of Elisabethville with incendiary shells and rockets yesterday as Katangan troops 'assembled there for a new attack on United Nations headquarters. There was serious damage, but no casualties were reported. The strafing followed other at- tack runs by United Nations jets which hit the Katanga radio sta- tion and swept over Elisabethville University and police camp in the northern outskirts Friday. Not Warlike (A joint communique issued in Leopoldville by the Congo central government and the United Na- tions renounced any design of military conquest of Katanga or other "warlike aims." It said 'the two sides agreed that "after res- toration of law and order and elimination of the dangerous influ- ence of mercenaries" in Katanga the Congo government would seek a political solution. The communi- que was issued after a conference between Sture Linner, head of the United Nations Congo mission, and top Congo leaders.) The attack on the post office was the first inside Elisabethlville and was intended to scatter a mass assembly of Katangan gendarmes who were being harangued to at- tack United Nations headquarters, United Nationsssources said. Jets Circle The jets, Indian Canberra bomb- ers, circled for 20 minutes, then streaked for the post office. Their attack caused practically every Katangan soldier in town to open fire with mortars, machineguns and rifles, and one Canberra was reported slightly damaged. (A UN spokesman in New York reported: "Diplomatic representa- tives in1 Elisabethville confirmed that there were no civilian casual- ties and that the post office was empty at the time of the attack." He said the UN has agreed to let a 10-car train run from Rhodesia to Elisabethville to withdraw non- Katangans.) A Swedish jet last night knocked out the radio station for several hours, practically cutting Elisa- bethville off from the world, and destroyed the transmission build- ing with four rockets and with cannon shells. Two engineers in the building ran for their lives. Later a new power line restored transmission. Five Runs Two Indian Canberras made five runs each over the university and police camp in the northern sub- urbs yesterday but university offi- cials said the students were in their hostels at the time and no. View Governing Of Student Life By MICHAEL OLINICK The extent to which students should be able to govern their non-academic activities and help formulate University policy was one of three topics of the annual Student - Faculty - Administrator Conference sponsored by the Michigan Union. In the first half of the morning session, conference participants tried unsuccessfully to develop a consensus on the meaning of re- sponsibility and what the Univer- sity's proper . attitude to students should be. Student Government Council Administrative Vice - President Robert Ross, '63, said that the alternatives posed by the univer- sity for students to govern their own lives were barren ones. Out of Place "We can't ask value-laden ques- tions in the classroom because they are considered out of place, and the questioning and evaluative processes outside the classroom require an internal fortitude which our parents and our society fail to give us." The University must answer to individual and social needs, he Radock Considers Public Relations "There is no secret device by which you can automatically have good public relations," Director of University Relations Michael Rad- ock said yesterday at the Student- Faculty-Administration Confer- ence sponsored by the Michigan Union. "The best public relations de- vice is the product which is pro- duced, and an effort to explain why this is so." Radock laid the groundwork for a general discussion on the public image of the University, saying that the guiding factor for the University was an effort to tell the people of Michigan what the University is doing. Covers Range Discussion covered a wide range but it was generally agreed that a clear picture of the University fades as the distance from the University becomes greater. In other words, the interest and con- cern of the public in Iowa is less than that of the public in Michi- gan. Radock said the University is currently undertaking a program to acquaint the public with its needs and objectives. Called 'lnantin ,ihian_ it a been Hatcher Reflects On Changing 'U' By MICHAEL HARRAH "I was sitting in my dining room earlier this morning, thinking how President (James B.) Angell must have sat there so many years before. "He was running the University on $104,000 and he was thinking that wasn't quite enough. When he left in 1909, that amount had in- creased a thousand fold, and since then it has increased a hundred fold again" (to $100 million plus). University President Harlan Hatcher thus yesterday reflected on future of education at the Union-sponsored Student-Faculty Administrative Conference. He also cited the changing char- acteristics of education: "What was for over 700 years a private affair has in the last' 20 years become overwhelmingly public." He said this was just a part of the general trend from "private to public," but he cautioned that this trend includes a responsibility for planning on the part of the state- planning for future public needs in keeping with individuals' free- dom of choice. "At Moscow University, there is no doubt about how many students will take a course," he said. "They ha.e alrar hpn ACfiT1C _fi Cite Educational Objectives of 'U' By HELENE SCHIFF The many educational objectives of the University are and should be both inner directed toward the education of the student and outer directed toward the society. This was the general consensus in the discussion on the Univer- sity's educational objectives at the annual Student-Faculty Adminis- trator Conference sponsored by the Michigan Union. The University must provide training for professional skills as well as enlighten students to be perceptive in society. Research Supports The emphasis of research as an educational objective was also dis- cussed. Some people believe that research supports these objectives because research is essential to teaching. The student wouldn't learn much if the faculty were here only for teaching and were not engaged in research. By deal- ing with studentsawho have the capacity for scholarship and re- search the faculty is, in fact, edu- cating because the students are benefiting from their knowledge. Students respect the professors who are working in research, one member noted. Also, the projects at them, sonnel injuring medical per- M' Comes from Behind To Squelch Toronto, 4-2 PRESIDENT HATCHER ... goals of education By JIM BERGER A fired-up Toronto team almost pulled one of the biggest upsets of the young hockey season last night as Michigan had to come from behind to defeat the Varsity Blues 4-2 at the Coliseum. Thirsting for revenge after los- ing to the Wolverines 8-3 on Fri- day, Toronto took the ice last night with a fire not believed pos- sihl hv witnesses of the Cobo Hall masammmmasassanas see:s