SECTI ON TWO Sf4r A Seventy-Two Years of Editorial Freedom LXXIII, No. 91 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1963 EIGHT PAG Legislators Jockey for Position in Early Bus ines, * * * * * * * * * iannah Proposes Re-evaluation )f MSU Grade Syste Courses UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: Recall Students on Assembly Twelve representatives on the University of Chicago Student As- sembly were recalled in a special election held last week. The purged students were mem- bers of POLIT, the liberal cam- pus political party, which holds a majority df assembly seats. The recall action carried by a narrow margin and resulted from an as- sembly approved condemnation of the Cuban blockade last October. At that time the 50 member assembly voted 16-9 to send Pres- ident John F. Kennedy a staie- ment which read in part, "We deplore the actions of the United States in establishing a naval blockade on military weapons shipped to Cuba." One Escapes The student body then held a special referendum which favored the blockade 3 to 1. The recall action was then initiated against 13 of the 16 voting for the anti- blockade statement. However Pamela Procuniar, a Junior and now acting chairman of POLIT, escaped recall. Among the twelve recalled are Leonard Friedman, former chair- man of the Illinois-Wisconsin re- gion of the National Student As- sociation, Laurie Gelles, Bruce Rappaport, Theresa Ray, and Robert Workoff. One representa- tive, Richard Jacobson, was re- called by 20 votes and demanded a recount. The recall vote also deminished the 10 member executive com- mittee to four persons. These four persons, however, all belong to POLIT, and can fill the vacancies. Express Resentment Miss Procuniar said the students probably wanted to voice resent- ment that the student body was not questioned about its stand cn the Cuban blockage issue before the assembly' approved'the state- ment, but did not want to oust the 12 assembly members. "Only slightly over half the stu- Regents Approve Absences For Off-Campus Duties dents voted and if the recalled students were to run tomorrow they would probably be re-elect- ed," she said. Howard Abrams, '63, Student Government Council m e m b e r, thought that the University of Chicago student body expressed a feeling of neglect by rather than a disapproval of POLIT. He also said that this action was not a blanket condemnation of off cam- pus issues. Attract Vote Thomas Brown, 63BAd, SGC executive vice-president thought that the students who voted at Chicago were really upset over the Cuban statement. But it concerned an issue, much like the NSA ref- erendum here at Michigan, and attracted more students to vote. Brown also thought that the re- call.showed the fallacy of Student Government expressing opinion in areas it has little control over, especially off campus issues. "It is difficult to represent students on off campus issues when there are so many groups on campus with diverging opinions," he said. Ralph Kaplan, '63, chairman of Voice, explained that unlike POLIT, Voice has taken no stand on the Cuban issue. "At the time of the blockade Voice membeis were both for and against it. It is my personal opinion that one of the resulting dangers was the frightening unity of public opinion behind the President's actions. "The action at the University of Chicago serves to emphasize the dangers of dissent in such a cli- mate of opinion even at a prom- inent and innovative university," Kaplan said. POLIT is one of a large num- ber of campus poltical parties that emerged on the campus scene'in the late 50's and early 60's, with the revival of student interest in off-campus politics to go along with concern for cam- pus events. It is one of the better known campus parties along with those at Berkeley, Oberlin and the University. Among the leaves of absence granted by the Regents at their regular meeting in January were permissions for Prof. Kenneth S.B Boulding of the economics depart- ment and Professors Wesley H. Maurer and Leland Stowe of the journalism department.. Prof. Boulding, who will be ab- sent from campus all next year, will be serving as Danforth Visit- ing Professor at the International Christian University in Japan. Prof. Stowe will be on leave this semester and also next semester to carry on research on Latin Amer- ica and to complete a book on international trends and crises since 1926. Prof. Maurer, chairman of the journalism department, will be absent this semester to visit for- eign newspaper interns, past and present, and former students, both foreign and domestic, who have attained posts in journalism throughout the world. Also receiving off-campus duty assignments were Prof. Keith W. Hall of the - engineering college for two years effective immedi- ately, Prof. Helen D. Prince of the astronomy department for three months beginning March 1 and Prof. Richard Schneidewind of the engineering 'college for the current semester. Professors Hall and Schneide- wind will represent the University under the engineering college edu- cational program in Brazil and Prof. Prince, associate director at the McMath-Hulbert Observatory, will be visiting various observa- tories in Europe. JOHN A. HANNAH ... academic freedom STIMULUS: Low Taxes To Influence U.S. Budget BLOOMFIELD HILLS--Adop- tion of a tax reduction program would enable the Federal budget to give a powerful push in the economy this year, Prof. Paul W. McCracken told a county chapter of the National Association of Ac- countants recently. The stimulus of a $6 billion tax reduction and a $6 billion pro- jected increase in federal expen- ditures would begin to produce echo effects on consumer spend- ing and business capital outlays later this year. If so, he predicted, the gross national product would increase by $30 billion. Prof. McCracken expects some tax action will be passed by Con- gress during its current session. He pointed out, however, that some frown on tax reduction be- cause of the implication for even larger deficits, while others be- lieve federal spending on welfare programs should be stepped up instead. Sees School As Forum Of Opinion President Notes Need For 'Radical' Change Michigan State University Pres- ident John A. Hannah has propos- ed a re-examination of curriculum and a re-evaluation of the grading system for MSU in a recent "State of the University" message. He also discussed the problem of academic freedom, seeing the role of a university as a forum for ideas, however controversial. "We (MSU) must effect radical changes in our procedures if we are to accommodate the larger numbers of students without dilut- ing the quality of the education we can offer to them," he said. "Our fundamental need is not for structural alternatives, but for radical changes in our thinking, out of which would naturally grow the structural changes necessary to give effect to new ideas." Minute Fraction Hannah said that the number of courses offered in the catalogue far exceeds the possibility of any student taking more than a mi- nute fraction of them. "Must we not ask ourselves -how many of these courses are offered princi- pally to demonstrate the versa- tility of our departments and fac- ulty rather than to serve the needs of the students?" he said. "Extensive reorganization of the course structure offers our best hope for making available the substantial sums of money we need to bring our salary scales up to the levels at which they should be, and to provide some of the equip- ment and other facilities you re- quire to do your best work," he told faculty members. Hannah then turned his atten- tion to the problem of grades and methods of encouraging intellec- tual constructive abilities. He ex- See HANNAH, Page 7 THE QUARRY INC. welcomes Students to Ann Arbor ,11 4 Our COSMETIC DEPARTMENT features many treatment lines, exclusive French perfumes, and gift items. We have two experienced cosmeticians to serve you. 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