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NDAY, JANUARY 14, 1962 NIGHT EDITOR: CYNTHIA NEU
Hatcher Takes Vague Stand:
Trouble for OSA Report.
OSA IN TRANSITION:
FRIDAY NIGHT, President Hatcher finally
responded to the public clamor against
changes in the University's student affairs
policies. The timing of his speech, if not its
actual wording, seems to indicate that he
agrees 'with the complaining public.
The public has taken an unusual interest
in the University's treatment. of student this
semester, primarily because students have been
more open in pressuring for change. There
was protest when students 'openly criticized'
Dean Bacon, who later resigned with two of her
assistants. The Alumnae Council condemned
certain changes being considered by the OSA
study committee (although the executive com-
mittee of the Alumni Association later divorced
themselves from this position.) And there was
a genuine public uproar when IQC moved to
allow women in the men's quadrangles.
BUT DESPITE the public concern, President
Hatcher had nothing to say on student
affairs for the entire semester. Many students
who should have known better interpreted this
to mean he would not oppose drastic changes
in the Office of Student Affairs. Overly com-
placent, students pressuring for change forgot
to make plans to pressure the President.
Meanwhile pressures built up on the other
side. There was, of course, the public furor.
More important, there were rumblings from
Lansing. And there was the undeniable fact
that the University needs support from Lansing
and the public if it is to get the money it
must have to retain its faculty.
These pressures apparently reinforced the
President's own views on change. Before Friday
no one was sure what these were, but rumors
abounded. Some said that President Hatcher
had refused to accept Dean Bacon's resignation
when it was first offered. Others said that
Vice-President Lewis had also tried to resign
and had been talked out of it by Hatcher.
But no one really knew if the rumors were
true, or where the president really stood.
Then came Friday night.
THE ACTUAL WORDING of President
Hatcher's statement was not clearcut. He
said "We are walking the fine line between
paternalism and laissez-faire-keeping watch
over the fine students sent to us while we
:permit them to develop into thinking, inde-
pendent young adults ready to face the realities
of life after graduation."r
But if the wording was ambivalent, the
circumstances of the speech indicate clearly
its real meaning. He spoke at a testimonial
dinner for Justin R. Whiting, a Jackson
alumnus. The University Regents, top Univer-
sity administrators, the Jackson business and
banking elite, and several members of the
State Legislature attended the meeting. Al-
though the press was not alerted in advance,
there could be no doubt that anything said
would receive wide publicity. The State Legis-
lature had just convened in Lansing. And any
public apprehension over the proposals which
might be made by the OSA study committee
was coming to a head, for the report will be
released shortly.
The banquet for Mr. Whiting would have
been the, worst possible time and place to
announce a sweeping new philosophy of stu-
dent affairs. But it was perfect for assuring
the world that nothing important was going
to happen. That President Hatcher chose to
discuss the "fine line" where and when he did
may augur difficulty for the OSA study
committee recommendations.
-JOHN ROBERTS
Editor
(EDITOR'S NOTE-This article on
the structure of the Office of Stu-
dent Affairs is one of a continuing
series of interpretives on issues re-
lating to its present re-evaluation.)
By MICHAEL OLINICK
Daily Staff Writer
FORTY YEARS AGO, the Uni-
versity left the bondage of an-
archy in student affairs and en-
tered the desert of nonphilosophy
and nondirection.
After four decades of aimless
wandering, the University, like the
ancient Hebrew, stands ready to
receive the Word from The Moun-
tain-this time in the form of a
report from the Office of Student
Affairs Study Committee.
The committee is faced with
recommending a new structure for
the chaotically created OSA and,
because it is a committee, will
probably fail to find any simple,
universal rules that will rival the
Ten Commandments. Though the
committee's report will not please
anyone completely, the imple-
mentation of its suggestions must
yield a better office than exists
right now.
* * * ,
THE FIRST student affairs of-
fice at the University was set up
in 1921 under Dean Joseph A.
Bursley. Bursley and the Univer-
sity weren't sure what his job was
to include and, consequently, Bur-
sley wound up with a little of
everything dumped into his ad-
ministrative lap.
"Whenever a job came along
that no one else wanted, the
dean of students' office got it,"
he recalled on the eve of his re-
tirement in 1947.
Today weshave a vice-presidency
for student affairs, put the hold-
er's duties are still officially un-
defined. Vice-President Lewis has
inherited supervision of the Bur-
eau of Appointments and Occupa-
tional Information, Bureau of
School Services, Health Service,
International Center, Admissions
Office, Office of Registration and
Records and the Office of Relig-
ious Affairs. These agencies are
not the current focus of the study
committee.
** *
THE STUDY GROUP has been
asked tolook at the Dean of
Men and Dean of Women's office,
Student Government Council, and
the ambigiously defined offices on
the third floor of the SAB.
The University of Michigan
Directory ("an official publica-
tion") lists an Office of Student
Affairs which encompasses the
dean of men's office, student loans
and scholarships, the Automobile
Enforcement Patrol, something
else called "Student Activities"
and the Art Print Loan Collection.
The office of the dean of wo-
men is not included under this
heading-it appears elsewhere in
the directory.
* * *
BECAUSE the government of
non-academic student life has
been rearranged so many times
without formal alterations in the
Regents' Bylaws, the structure
of the office is a tangled under-
brush. It is seldom clear just what
duties belong to which offices.
This, plus the fact that the
dean of women's office had a 20
year head start on Dean Bursley,
has led to a situation where any
newly created agency for student
affairs is shunted off on who ever
will take it or(if it is an enticing
responsibility) whoever gets there
first.
Student Government Council
falls under the OSA with Vice-
President James A. Lewis holding
a veto over Council actions and a
student - faculty - administration
Committee on Referral to consider
appeals.
PETER OSTAFIN is Lewis' top
assistant and is involved in a wide
range of assignments, including
environmental health and civil
defense.
Both the dean of men and dean
of womens' offices have assistants
to handle residence housing. As-
sistant Dean of Men John Hale
supervises the quadrangles. Prior
to their resignations, Catherina
Bergeon and Elsie Fuller handled
the dormitories. Mrs. Bergeon was
concerned basically with the hiring
of residence halls counselors, and
Mrs. Fuller with the actual prob-
lems of room distribution, stu-
'dent government and the like.
The Residence Halls Board of
Governors has general policy mak-
ing power for the dorms and
quads, but the general supervi-
sion and responsibility for the
financial and business affairs rests
with the Vice-President for Busi-
ness and Finance. This includes
control of expenditures, purchases
of supplies and equipment, audit
and payment of bills and-with
the "advice" of the Board-the
preparation of the budget.
The business office determines
the charges for room and board in
the residence halls, subject to ap-
proval by the board of governors.
* * *
THE REGENTS delegated four
powers to the board. They are to:
1) determine and give effect to
general policies governing the use
of the residence halls for the hous-
ing of students;
2) determine and give effect to
general policies related to the
development of educational and
social programs and provision for
student welfare in the residence
halls;
3) appoint resident advisers,
house directors, social directors
and their assistants, and define
their duties.
4) Adopt the necessary regula-
tions for the government of the
residents in the residence halls.
The board may delegate such re-
sponsibility "as it deems appro-
priate" to the residents themselves.
The Vice-President for Student
Affairs chairs the board which in-
cludes five members of the Uni-
versity Senate, the deans of men
and women, the manager of Ser-
vice Enterprises, and the presi-
dents of Assembly Association and
Inter-Quadrangle Council.
* * *
SERVICE ENTERPRISES does
the actual running of the business
side of the residence halls
(through the much - maligned
Leonard A. Schaadt), Food Service
and the Laundry as well as several
other agencies not directly re-
lated to the living units.
Boards of Patronesses consist-
ing of the dean of women and
varying numbers of Regent-
appointed members gives advice
about the educational and social
facilities, activities and programs
of the dorms, and makes recom-
mendations about maintenance
and care of physical properties.
There is no parallel group for the
men's living units.
Reflections on OSA
,HERE. ARE A NUMBER of considerations
which the Office of Student Affairs Com-
mittee, the administration and the Regents
ought to heed in the expected recasting of stu-
dent affairs.
The Reed committee should be a sort of mod-
el for mixed government at the University, a
mixed government that ought to exist, under
the Regents, wherever there is a matter of
concern to all three groups in the University-
students, faculty, administration.
Everyone on such a committee will have a
vote, but n6 group-or interest-will control it.
For better or worse, the Residence Hall Board,
of Governors is a good example of this. The
students represent themselves; the faculty, edu-
cational concern; and administrators the Re-
gents, people of the state and a grab-bag of
other interests. The mixture will give all three
groups a proper voice in matters of mutual in-
terest-mostly student affairs. It will keep any
one from unfairly treating the other-as long as
the ultimate authority, the Regents, treat an
issue on its merits and not on administrative
request.
The fact is, probably, that any unchecked
group could go do great harm-administration
in the form of the dean of women's office al-
ready has; a faculty group might subordinate
too much to so-called "educational" considera-
tions, as was done in the decision not even to
experiment with the women in the quads pro-
posal; and students especially might be tempted
to extremes either of license or over-control.
The fact is that students do not necessarily
know what is good for them-at the mature
age of 20--and there is no reason why they
should not benefit from adult experience.
BUT THE ARGUMENT for some adult con-
trol is valid only to a point. One reason
students come to the University is to gain ex-
perience and responsibility, and a system that
denies a good measure of each to them is not
going to be successful in this end. One way
they will learn to become responsible is to
share in making the rules that govern them and
in helping to oversee the administrators of the
rules.
One way they will learn to be irresponsible
is to have too many rules, for an individual
with too many rules is one without choice and
therefore without the ability to be responsible.
He must simply obey. Too many rules mean
an irresponsible student, for he is an individ-
ual without choice. He dresses for dinner be-
cause it is the only way he can get food; she
comes in at midnight not because her judgment
tells her this is the right time, but because she
will get late minutes if she does not.
Certainly at least freshman students must
be protected. But the University is not fulfilling
one of its functions if it thinks students will
learn to be responsible by following rules. Out-
side, there aren't any rules like hours or din-
ner dress. The way students will become re-
sponsible is to have choices to make, not rules
to -obey.
Student power is hardly a panacea for apa-
thy and irresponsibility, but it is a step in the
right direction. More of it will be a good long
start towards a University community where
all the members can be equal, not in the sense
administrators be set up to oversee it, to hear
complaints and to investigate serious ones.
The control group must be outside and disin-
terested because the OSA' holds a student's fu-
ture at the University in its hands and much
of his well-being and because of OSA's past
history where such abuses have been allowed
to exist. In addition, the committee, properly
supported by the Regents, can protect the OSA
from undue outside pressures and crack-pot
complaints.
ALTHOUGH the watchdog committee will
help, there's no substitute for strong men
and women at the top who will not hesitate to
ensure that the University's agreed student af-
fairs philosophy is implemented by the in-
evitable, bureaucratic, petty and nonunder-
standing subordinates. Many of the alleged
abuses in the dean of women's office appar-
ently resulted when proper administrative con-
trol was not exercised.
Bigger operations than the OSA have been
run more tightly. If OSA is not, the Reed com-
mittee's work may go for naught.
ALTHOUGH many OSA difficulties result in
the top echelons, a very great deal of the
problem lies deeper in the organization. This
is reflected in the great number of petty com-
plaints-especially in the residence halls-that
can get blown up all out of proportion because
someone is officious instead of cooperative or
even fair.
It is almost unnecessary to say that more
attention ought to be paid to student com-
plaints-for what does {OSA exist if not for
student's well-being and good feeling?
The University should devote more money to
hiring the best people and to firing the worst.
More people should be hired if needed and
sufficient power and prestige given to offices
in the OSA.
It's a truism, but good people are what really
count.
RESIDENCE HALLS are the biggest single
source of OSA problems. A competing sys-
tem could drive them out of business., In addi-
tion to better staff and costly capital change
and improvement, experimentation is needed.
Why not a language house where all the mem-
bers start in unison to learn a foreign lan-
guage? Or a foreign student house, mixing
Americans and foreign students? Or a subject
house, in which a comprehensive program
would be organized around some broad'topic-
say, international affairs-and the entire oper-
ation organized toward this. Staff men would
be studying in the area; lectures and discus-!
sions would be held; credit might be given.
And, of course, there ought to be a house for
the student who either wants to do nothing
or is busy with outside or academic activities.
But if the specialty houses were any good, they'd
always be filled.
Sometimes, student affairs administrators
have caused themselves unnecessary trouble
and created needless disaffection among stu-
dents.
What difference does it really make if women
wear slacks in a lounge if most of them want
to? They do so in their living room at home.
Affair
Martha Cook Building ad
Mary Burton Henderson Memorial
House are under the administra-
tion of separate, independent;
boards on which the dean of wo-
men and other appointed members,
sit. These boards may adopt regu-
lations for their respective resi-
dences which are not inconsistent
with the Regents' Bylaws.
POWER FLOWS from the'
the Board of Governors through'
the appropriate dean and his as-
sistant to the individual dorm
directors and resident advisers.1
The, R. A.'s in the quads have
much more flexibility in defining'
their role and policies than their
counterparts on The Hill. The'
faculty associates of their indi-
vidual houses-the residence halls'
connection with tie educational°
process-have. no say in deter-1
mining house policy.
Affiliate housing is also seg-
regated along the familiar sex
lines. Lou Rice is Dean Rea's as-
sistant in charge of fraternities.
He compiles pledge lists, grade'
point averages and sees to it that'
the individual houses continue to
operate with some degree of profit
and sanitation. Elizabeth Leslie'
of the dean of women's office'
deals with sororities.
* * *
POLICIES are iot the same on
both sides of the sex division line.
This will be seen clearly in the
judicial process accorded Univer-
sity students. The most flagrant
example, however, is apartment
permission.
The Regents require that all
students stay out of private apart-
ments, but give the dean ofrmen
and dean of women power to
grant exemptions from the ruling.
Men have never had any diffi-
culty in securing apartment per-
mission, and few even bother to
go through the process.
Women, on the other hand,
must display financial need, pro-
per age and an unblemished moral
transcript. Apartment pers are
held to a minimum and often re-
quire interviews with the dean.
The inconsistency in applying
the apartment regulation shows
the dominant role personalities
can play in decreeing grossly dif-
ferent implementations of the
same policy.
The University existed for quite
some time with a Dean of Stu-..
dents and a Dean of Women-
there was no dean of men. Crea-
tion of a vice-presidency of stu-
dent affairs never fully altered*
the role of the dean of women
to a subordinate one.a
THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM also
reflects this position. There are
at least ten different types of°
judicial agencies for students ait'
the University. The President, the
governing faculties and individual
instructors may also exercise dis-
ciplinary powers over students.
No woman student may be dis-
missed for reasons of conduct by
any of the disciplinary authorities
without previous consulation with'
the Dean of Women. No such'
policy exists for men.
Joint Judic and Women's Judic
are fed their cases by the non-
academic deans. There are no
clear criteria for which cases the1
dean of women or dean of men1
decide to handle themselves. Prac-
tice has varied widely, with the1
dean of women historically choos-
ing to handle a high percentage
of the violations personally.
Assistant Dean Bingley - the
"coach" of joint judic - acts as
the liason between the University
and the Ann Arbor police. He at-
tends trials, hearings, arranges
for bail and takes care of similar
services. He prepares and presents
cases for joint judic and inter-
views all believed offenders. He
also sits through all judic b3ear-
ings.
WHEN HE WAS appointed by
the Regents, Mr. Lewis -was made
responsible for "the coordination
and development of non-academic
aspects of student life." His duties
were left as vague as that with no1
definition of his position appear-
ing in the Regents Bylaws.
Before the vice-presidency was
established, the dean of women
and the dean of students reported
separately to the President. Now,
the dean of women reports to the'
President through the vice-presi-
dent. The past dozen years have
seen a constant (and usually
futile) fight to make the dean of l
women's office subordinate in
authority to the vice-president.
*
SOME PEOPLE have said that
the "right" personnel can make
any organizational structure-noE
matter how inconsistent, or ar-
chaic-work and work well. This
may be true, but the chances for
success of the organization in-
crease as the structure makes it
easier and more logical for the
personnel to labor together.k
The University's Student Affairs
office has suffered from an in-
adequate, myopic structure and
from personnel problems which
As one male student affairs ad-
ministrator puts it, "We have
been operating on a one way
street as far as communication
between the two offices is con-
cerned. There is no sense of being
a colleague with anyone down-
stairs."
** *
THE STRUCTURE of a revised
OSA must follow the function the
office serves. More generally, it
is derived from the philosophy the
University affirms as its approach
to education and to the student.
The University must consider
each entering student as a citizen
responsible to his society. The
student comes to Ann Arbor-jet-
tisoning his home ties-to expose
his mind to some books, professors
and ideas. The prime concern of
the University should be to guar-
antee that nothing interferes with
that exposure.
The student does not come here
in search of a parent in absentia
and Office of Student Affairs
should not presume to, undertake
such a role. The University should
provide those facilities which any
person in a community would re-
quire (e.g. places to live) and fa-
cilities to aid in the academic
struggle (e.g. libaries), but can
not legitimately require that stu-
dents use them.
Just as the University permits
the student to make the most im-
portant decision of his life (what
and for how long he will study),
it must allow him to make the
more minor decisions he feels are
necessary to implement that
choice.
The Office of Student Affairs.
should be pervaded with the feel-
ing that/ it is working for and
under the students, not perched
above them handing out decrees
and regulations. Since it serves
the students, what the OSA does
should, in large part, be deter-
mined by the students.
Since the OSA Study Commit-
tee has announced that it has
reached consensus on a theory
that calls for the student's extra-
curricular life to be an integral
part of his educational experience,
the faculty will, no doubt, have
a key role in determining some
of the future OSA policies.
s * *
AN OFFICE of Student Affairs
exists because students do not
have the time to sacrifice their.
intellectual developments to make
sure that the ;electric bill for the
residence halls is payed or that
Health Service has enough as-
pirin. These are administrative
chores and properly belong in the
administration.
The broad policy decisions, how-
ever, should be those of the aca-
demic community.
Specific recommendations de-
riving from these beliefs would
include:
1) Retention of a student af-
fairs office whose head would
function at the vice-presidency
level. This would insure that stu-
dent concerns and ideas will be
channeled directly to higher ad-
ministrative levels and to the Re-
gents.
2) Overall broadening of stu-
dent participation in policy forma-
tion. This would include consulta-
tion with SGC about the proposed
University budget, inclusion of
the SGC president at Regents
meetings (both private and public
sessions), appointment of students
to all University wide planning
committees.
3) A vigorous campaign to en-
courage faculty participation in
the non-academic aspects of Uni-
versity life. A reawakening of the
faculty's responsibility is neces-
sary to maintainan atmosphere
Mo russ
where education can continue be-
yond the classroom.
4) Abolition of separate deans
offices for men and women and
a restructuring of the OSA along
functional lines. This could' be
accomplished by creating:
a) An office of housing, with
subordinate agencies for residence
halls. fraternities and sororities,
apartments, cooperatives and mis-
cellaneous housing units.
b) An office of scholarship and
loans which would administer
University grants of financial as-
sistance under policies determined
by a faculty-student committee.
c) A Student Organizations of-
fice where interested student
groups could receive information
on financial matters. This office
would calendar student-sponsored
events on the sole basis of keep-
ing two groups out of the same
room at the same hour.
d) A department of counseling
which would coordinate the var-
ious psychological and vocational
guidance facilities now available.
The bureau of appointments and
job placement could be fitted un-
der this office.
e) An office of discipline which
would correlate the regulations
governing student life at the Uni-
versity. This office would also
channel cases of violation of reg-
ulations to the proper student
judiciary bodies; criteria deter-
mining the channeling would be
set up by the students. This office
would review the present regula-
tions with an eye to pruning out
ones which duplicate existing city,
state and federal laws.
5) Abolition of the International
Center and integration of the
foreign student into the University
community. Specialists in counsel-
ing and admissions for interna-
tional students would be retained.
6) An exhaustive study of the
other agencies - under the vice-
president'stsupervision to see if
some of them might better fit
under other administrative of-
fices. It might be more logical,
for example, to have the - admis-
sions office directly responsible to
the Faculty Senate or ' Vice-
President and Dean of Faculties.
The aim of this study would be
to free the vice-president of some
duties not directly related to the
student's non-academic life while
he is on the campus.
7) Creation of a Board in Review
which would decide appeals from
the judical bodies, review Student
Government Council actions, hear
complaints about violations of
student rights. The board's first
function would be to draft a
statement of student rights which
the Regents would adopt in their
bylaws. This faculty-student board
would administer its decisions
through the vice-president who
would sit as an ex-officio member
without vote.
8) Unification of IQC and As-
sembly; Panhellenic Association
and IFC; and Michigan Union and
Michigan League.
These structural changes, ad-
mittedly skeletal, would serve as
a start in improving the OSA and
putting it on a sounder basis.
Finding and hiring imaginative
and concerned personnel to im-
plement a new structure-what-
ever it is-is the second essential
step.
The quality of mind and the
willingness to serve under stu-
dents must characterize these
people if any significant goals are
to be achieved.
A great university can not
shuffle its feet nor can it tread
gingerly along a "fine line" be-
tween belief and expediency. It's
time for this University to take a
large stride forward.
PREVIEW:
GoldTo Conduct
oldSymphonic Band Music
TODAY the University Symphony Band is offering a chance to hear
an interesting sample of contemporary symphonic band- music, as
interpreted by Morton Gould and Prof. William Revelli.
Gould is visiting Ann Arbor to conduct several of his works,
continuing a connection with the University that goes back to his
first symphonic band work, "Cowboy Rhapsody," written at the.
request of Prof. Revelli.
* * * *
GOULD WILL CONDUCT the entire second half of the program,
leading the band in six of his works, starting with the "St. Lawrence"
suite, commissioned for the dedication of the Robert Moses Dam of
the St. Lawrence Seaway Project.
The suite uses two solo trumpets, one at each end of the
band, presenting an interesting "stereo" effect. Other works in the
second half include the "Billad for Band," the "American Folk Suite
Overture," "Jericho," "American Salute," and Gould's arrangement
of "Dixie."
* * * *
OTHER FACETS of the modern band scene will be brought out
by the first half of the program, to be conducted by Prof. Revelli.
Works by Persichetti, Creston, Bonelli, as well as a trumpet con-
certo by the early 18th century composer Hummel will follow Prof.
Florian Mueller's "Overture," which won a 1960 award of the American
Bandman's Association.
Morton Gould, who began his musical career as a child-prodigy
pianist at the age of six, is one of a number of contemporary com-
posers to discover a new medium of expression in the symphony
band.
an . * *
"THE SYMPHONIC BAND is making a true cultural contribution
to the development of aesthetic taste in this country;" Prof. Revelli
has said. In light of the current movement toward the band, this
would seem to be true.
Vincent Persichetti and Paul Creston, who are represented on
DYER-BENNET:
Minstrel SingsSweetly
songs of. Many Lands
BEFORE RICHARD DYER-BENNET began his concert in Rackhai
Auditorium last night he introduced himself as a minstrel and de
fined his term.
He allied himself with those professional gothic entertainers wh
subsisted by performing music and poetry from a variety of source
Maintaining this artistic stance for some twenty years, Dyer-Benne
has created a specialized form of entertainment, consisting of song
normally not heard- on the concert stage except in the forit of encore
* * * *
IT IS NO EASY TASK to do an entire program of salon music bt
Dyer-Bennet's light voice, modest guitar accompaniments, and sur
stage presence are admirably suited for the task.
The program was in three sections: music of the British Isle
music of the continent, and American music. Each section could be fur
ther subdivided into three general categories of songs from three dii
ferent genre. The categories are the pathetic song, the amusing c
cute 'song and the stirring ballad. The genre are: salon music fron
various centuries, songs of the music hall (particularly in the Iris
selections) and arranged folk songs.
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IN THE LATTER GENRE Dyer-Bennet is a very honest man. H
says he is not a folk singer in the sense of the recent folk movemer
but rather, he is a professional singer who loves to sing folk songs set i
a manner suited to his taste.
Another folk-song-loving Englishman, the late Ralph Vaugh-Wi
liams, once said that there are only two things one can do with a fol
song-play it louder or play it faster. Dyer-Bennet played it consisteni