ubtle Distinctions ar ollege ating othoc BY DAVID MARCUS Rating colleges and universities is a spurious business. Everybody has his own way of doing it. When a rating is com- pleted, nobody is quite sure what it means. The distinction between institutions, departments and programs is often based on nuances of reputation so subtle that nobody can say what concrete mean- ing.there is in them. Throughout the year and vagaries of various systems, the University has rated a fairly consistent fourth to sixth. In 1935, the Atlantic Monthly published an article rating all universities on the basis of "distinguished departments"; the University rated sixth overall. Rated Fifth In 1944 a similar article rating universities on the basis of the number of scientists gaining distinction in the past decade; the University rated fifth. Finally, a 1953 study by -the University of Pittsburgh rating graduate departments showed the University in fifth place. All these rating systems-although their results are roughly the same-measure different aspects of the University. The 1953 Pittsburgh study, which appears to be the most highly regarded, is also the last definitive rating done. It was gathered by asking individuals in a given field to name the 15 most distingushed departments for graduate study in ther field, University Executive Vice-President Marvin L. Niehuss noted. Its major value is "that it gives us a picture of what our col- leagues at other institutions think of us," Vice-President Niehuss added. No Firsts The University, in the individual department ratings, cap- tured no firsts, a second place in psychology and a fourteenth in chemistry, being the highest and lowest, with the overall com- pilation giving the University a fifth place. But as the report noted in its publication, "these listings sim- ply indicate the general reputation of graduate schools. Often reputation is slow to catch up with a change in quality." Vice-President Niehuss and other University administrators have also expressed skepticism qver some of the more popular ratings put out by newspapers land other mass media. These rarely provide any yardstick other than a second-hand gathering of opinions, they said. Outflank 'U' As a rule, Harvard University, the University of California at Berkeley, Columbia University and sometimes Yale University have outflanked the University in the ratings race, depending on the standards used. One of the most often used standards is to count the number of alumni or faculty members in Who's Who, the starred names in American Men of Science or some other similar publication. An- other yardstick sometimes used is to count the number of Merit Scholarship winners, Woodrow Wilson Fellowship winners or win- ners of other fellowships and scholarships who have chosen a particular university. In the period 1955-60, for example, a study showed that the University was first among the Big Ten schools in the number of Fulbright scholars produced and third among the United States' leading institutions. In 1958, the University was eighth in the number of Wilson winners who came here to study. More recently,,it was found that of 171 foreign language fel- lowships issued in 1959 under the National Defense Education Act, 27 - the highest number for any institution - went to the University. But more important in terms of academic prestige are the ratings made of faculty and alumni quality. Usually the raters attempt to find some objective standard such as Who's Who or the starred names in American Men of Science. One such study, done in 1945 and quite outdated by now, gave the University such faculty members. Medical Schools Another area where extensive work has been done on rating systems is in the field of medical schools. One indicator, the place of residency of full-time faculty members in medical school, show- ed University Hospital third in the nation after Johns Hopkins and Presbyterian. A 1956 list trying to rate the 10 best medical schools in the country placed the University fourth. The major problem with all systems of ratings is to determine what they mean. Clearly, studies which are based on raw numbers See RATING, Page 2 CENSORSHIP AND U.S. NEWS See Editorial Page Sevent o Yda Seventy-T reo Years of Editorial Freedom .A4&V :43 a t FAIR High-34 Low-12 Chance of light snow toward evening VOL. LXXIII, No. 114 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1963 SEVEN CENTS SIX PAGES ROW OVER PROJECT X': MSU Professors To Leave McMillan Sees Rush Next Fall " I By EDWARD HERSTEIN Michigan State University's Ed- ucational Development Project has triggered strong criticism from four members of MSU's faculty who plan to resign from the uni- versity. The project, known as Project X, is a massive document outlin- ing proposals for the operation of the university in light of its ever- increasing enrollment. One of those resigning, Prof. Bernard Duffey, a faculty member for 15 years, said he believed "that much faculty frustration is due to the fear of increasing concen- tration of the problems of huge enrollment and mass education as opposed to a higher quality of education," and he hinted at more resignations. Motivated by Project He said his own decision to leave the university was "immedi- ately motivated by Project X." He explained that Project X has been represented in "three docu- ments which are contradictory in many details, and this is the most disturbing part." He further pointed out that "none of us knew anything about Project X until a story on it ap- peared in the local newspaper. It is obvious that the administration fisarmament Negotiations Headed Toward Collapse GENEVA VP)-Negotiations to ban nuclear weapons tests seemed headed yesterday toward collapse despite recent hopes that the Cuban settlement could point the way to a breakthrough. Less than three weeks after the new round of talks opened Feb. 12, the Soviet Union slammed the door on any detailed negotiations for a treaty as long as the West rejects the Soviet offer of two . I or three annual on-site inspec- GOP Seeks Fair Housing The new Ann Arbor city Repub- lican platform calls for fair hous- ing legislation this year. The city Republicans "commend the City Council, the Human Re- lations Commission and other city groups and citizens for progress that has been made in the recent past, and believes that other steps are necessary. "We support the enactment of fair housing legislation this year, because all citizens of Ann Arbor should enjoy equal protection of the law, and no person should be deprived of his civil rights, his individual freedom, or his prop- erty rights." Recently, the Human Relations Commission submitted a fair housing ordinance to the City Council. The first reading of the law is set for Marchf it The platform advocates "ag- gressive action by the City Coun- cil, the Human Relations Com- mission, all city organizations and all private citizens to abolish seg- regation and discrimination. The Republican platform says that no major revisions are need- ed in the city charter. "While the City Council will not and should not consider alterations to the basic structure of our city govern- ment, the council should prompt- ly study all specific proposals in- tendedtotimprove the charter, including those submitted by the Municipal Charter Review Com- mittee. Then, at the spring elec- tion in 1964, voters should decide on those changes which are recommended by the council." Court Discards Suit by Clamor A federal court in Flint has thrown out the suit brought by the staff of- the Flint Junior Col- lege newspaper, The College Cla- mor, on the grounds that it lacks jurisdiction in the case. The suit was brought to court ofm ie.Aisn nfe a imor tions. Soviet Ambassador Semyon K. Tsarapkin's statement and the departure of the top-ranking American and Russian negotiators appeared to bring the four and a half year old talks to the verge of collapse. A neutral delegate told newsmen the talks "are at zero point." Want to Negotiate Willaim C. Foster, the Ameri- can negotiator, said "we want to negotiate, but unfortunately, we have found that thus far the So- viet Union does not." Foster returns to Washington today, but will be ready to come back to Geneva if there is any evidence of a change in the at- mosphere. "At the moment, he can accom- plish more in Washington than in Geneva," an American, source sad. Back to Moscow Foster's counterpart, Soviet First Deputy Minister Vassily V. Kuznetsov, flew back to Moscow Saturday. Tsarapkin told the conference that detailed discussions of ad- ministrative, technical or finan- cial questions could result "in nothing but harm" as long as there is no agreement on the main question of inspection. faces a great problem in view of expanding enrollment, but it is frustrating for faculty members to feel that they aren't consulted about a major change in organiza- tion and curriculum." Prof. Duffey believes that there is a "definite rift" between the faculty and administration at MSU due to a "frequent lack of candor on the part of the admin- istration." "It is undeniable that many of the ideas of Project X have merit," he added. "However, they should be tested and studied before they are presented as accomplished facts necessary to educational de- velopment." I Not Academic Atmosphere Prof. David Dickson said that he decided to leave MSU before Proj- ect X was announced, but that1 he might have stayed "had I felt the academic atmosphere around here was all it should be." "Faculty members who are in- timately concerned with the very problems outlined in Project X weren't consulted," he said. "This leads to dissatisfaction on the part of independent spirits in the faculty who feel that decisions will be enforced from above wheth- er they like them or not.." Norman S. Grabo and James Calderwood both emphasized that their decisions to leave MSU had no connection with Project X, but, in Grabo's words, "Project X is ty- pical of what I would call aca- demic instability." MSU's Dean of the College of Arts and Letters Paul A. Varg was quoted by the Michigan State News as saying that faculty members are often "too busy with their own concerns to take kindly to Project X." College Issues Edict to Press ROCK HILL () - Winthrop College announced yesterday that in the future any statements to the press from its 1800 students must pass through the college public relations office. The edict came after a story in the Rock Hill Evening Herald last week quoted many women students that the student body was "ready to accept a Negro student." The college is South Carolina's college for women. As VOTES N4 00s~ - Staebler Raps HUAC Actions By WILLIAM BENOIT Rep. Neil Staebler (D-Mich) of Ann Arbor said yesterday that the House Un-American Activities Committee was growing less re- sponsive to the civil rights of the individual. "The committee's too frequent infringement upon the citizen's cvil rights is evidenced by the fact that a mere subpoena from the committee is enough to brand a witness suspect," Staebler noted. Staebler joined three other Michigan Democrats last Tuesday, in voting against funds for H U A C 's continued operation. There were 20 such votes. Gain of 15 The 20 "no" votes represent a gain of 15 over an attempt two years ago to eliminate HUAC funds. Sponsored by Rep. James Roosevelt (D-Calif), the move garnered only four other support- ers. This year's effort was also led by Roosevelt. Romney Asks Moss To Quit By The Associated Press LANSING - The Detroit Free Press reported that Gov. George Romney demanded Friday the immediate resignation of State Board of Pharmacy Director David M. Moss. Romney acted on the basis of a determination by Creighton Coleman, Calhoun County Circuit judge, that the board "abused its discretion" in denying a drugstore license to a subsidiary of the Kroger Co. "I hope you will agree with me that it would be wise for you to submit your immediate resigna- tion as director of drugs and drug- stores," Romney told Moss. In the past year HUAC has per- sued alleged Communist influenc- es on the West Coast, in Cleveland And in Washington where they tangled with, the Womnens' Strike for Peace. "I don't minimize the danger of communism, either internally or externally," Staebler said, "but we can't afford to drift into total- itarian methods under the guise of fighting communism. This is the danger inherent in continuing the runaway operations of HUAC." Curb Power During the fall election cam- paign Staebler had said he did not favor abolition of HUACbut would support any action taken to curb the power of that com- mittee. The Ann Arbor Democrat said. that he had noted a growing dis- taste for methods the committee had employed in the past. "How- ever," he added, "if the commit- tee changes its procedures, this could reverse a dangerous trend and people might tend to look on its work more favorably." Staebler said that there had been a move in the House to give HUAC a subsidiary role to the House Judiciary Committee. Move Blocked "If the vote had been on that question," Staebler continued, "there might well have been 75 or more votes in favor of the action. However, the House rules committee blocked that move." The judiciary commttee is very responsible with a set of rules conforming closely to the general practices of the House, Staebler said. . As an organization separate from w other House committees HUAC has not always been in accord with these recognized general practices, he asserted. NEIL STAEBLER ...committee actions Impsil VOICE MEETING: Wilkinson Hits Violation of Ci To Administrate Guzowski Claims Red 'Line' Aided by College 'Paper Ads By GERALD STORCH The Daily and the Wayne State University Daily Collegian,"have been promoting the Communist Party line through advertisements," Rep. Richard A. Guzowski (D-Detroit) believes. In elaborating last night on charges he made earlier this week on the House floor, Guzowski cited three such ads which have ap- peared in the last year and a half: 1) A "Student Peace Essay "Contest," sponsored by National Guardian, a publication he says is on the attorney general's list of Communist-dominated organ- viL R it h ts In Seeger Advertisements 2) Advertisements listing sing- -ingengagements of folk-singer Speaker refused to recognize them. Pete Seeger, who once was jailed The issue then went to the for contempt of Congress after rules committee. Members of refusing to answer questions posed HUAC strongly requested the is- by the House Committee on Un- sue be shelved, which it was. "The American Activities; Representatives have also been - 3) Ads by Global Book Store, able to overturn Supreme Court whose owners in October 1960 decisions concerning un-American were prohibited by Wayne State cases by a unanimous vote of the University from sponsoring talks House. by Communists on the campus. Green Decision Guzowski voiced his criticisms "The famous case involving this of the newspaper advertisements was the Green decision of 1959. in particular and university speak- The court held that the govern- er policies in general Monday ment practice of discharging led- night, when he was voted down eral employes without their know- 75-7 in an attempt to discharge ing why, who accused them, or a committee from tabling his pro- the right of confrontation (cross- posed constitutional amendment examining) their accusor (s) had to ban "subversive" speakers from not received congressional sane-{campuses. tion and was illegal. cAmps s e4PP DEAN JAMES H. ROBERTSON ... Union-League board To Request Joint Board Continuing its discussions on the feasibility of a merger between the Michigan Union and Michigan League organizations, the Union- League Study Committee yester- day concurred that it is prepared to recommend that a joint overall supervisory board should take over the operation, management and supervision of both the Union and League. "How fast we move towards this objective is another question," As- sociate Dean Robertson of the literary school and chairman of the study committee commented. Two Alternatives Dean Robertsonaoutlined two alternatives the committee could recommend for the implementa- tion of the supervisory board: 1) The board could be establish- ed right away, and the proposed merger would be effected imme- diately; or 2) The present governing boards of the Union and League could continue operations while con- sulting with an interim board (composed of members of both the existing boards) which would work towards the implementation of a joint, co-educational board. Not Established The exact composition and man- date of such a governing board have not yet been established. Members of the committee agreed that students, faculty and alumni should be represented and that a member of the Office of Business and Finance should be present but have not determined if delegates from the Board of Regents and Office of Student Affairs should necessarily be included in its com- position. The function and role *of the combined board have not been established, the issue in question being whether the group should control activities, facilities or a broader area including all services to the community, faculty alumni and students. Also undecided is the location of the proposed organization, the alternatives being the Union, the League or both. IT .a. .. 1L -. r Believes Plan' More Likely For 1964 Expect Final Decisions To Come in Meeting After Panhel Report By LOUISE LIND "At the present time it appears that it will be administratively impossible to initiate a major rush program next fall," President of Panhellenic Association Ann Me Millan, '63, commented last night. "While some kind of a fall rush or duel rush program will prob- ably be worked out as an optimum plan' the year after next, it seems unlikely that such a plan can be undertaken by next year." Miss McMillan explained that the final decision on such a pro- gram rests with the Panhellenic Presidents' Council. Its decision, she related, canot be expected before the end of April, since it will not have the necessary re- ports before that time. Committee Meeting These reports will come out of a committee scheduled to meet in the next two weeks to discuss and recommend the most feasible rush program for next year and an optimum rush pla The mem- bers of this committee have .not yet been selected, but will prob- ably be old and new Panhel pres- idents, rush chairmen and rush counselors. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Leslie, Panhel advisor and associate director of student activities and organiza- tions, and Miss Mary B. Burk- man, advisor to special projects and assistant program director of the Office of Student Affairs, will also be on the committee. The recommendations of this group will require approval of the Panhel executive council, rush chairmen, rush counselors, As- sembly Assocation and Student Government Council as well as the Presidents Council, Miss Mc- Millan explained. Unstructured Rush In the meantime, several sor- orities who were significantly un- able to fill their quotas of pledges in February (and thus stand to,! benefit most from a fall rush program) have undertaken an unstructured rush program for the remainder of this semester. The houses involved have set up individual rush programs apart from the formal Panhel struc- ture. "The houses who have under- taken independent rush programs are financially stable, but hope to reinforce their rushing force for next year by adding a few more pledges," Miss McMillan noted. Pickup Pledges "Whereas it would hardly be possible for the houses to fill their quotas, they would hope- fully be able to pick up a few more girls in the next few weeks." Commenting on the effect the proposed fall rush program would have on such houses. Mrs. Leslie By BARBARA PASH "The question under discussion is the basic issue of the first amendment and the other rights we feel are being violated," Frank Wilkinson, executive director of the Committee to Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee, declared last night. Speaking on HUAC in a Voice- sponsored and Socialist Club- sponsored meeting, he noted that the real way to achieve security in society is to allow free flow of ideas. But the average man-on- the-street is afraid to express his views openly or to be incriminated by association. This fear has been precipitated by the "investigations" of HUAC. Established in 1938, and made a however, are difficult to define. Propaganda refers specifically to something spoken, written or a peaceful gathering to discuss ideas," Wilkinson declared. First Amendment But these rights of free speech and peaceful gathering are em- phatically provided in the first amendment. Thus the committee's mandate allows it to investigate an area forbidden by the amend-f ment. "The conclusion is that HUAC should be abolished. We don't be- lieve that the committee can be reformed. The first amendment in a political sense must be absolute," he declared. Wilkinson noted that he would fully uphold a committee legiti-