THE MICHIGAN DAILY Cohen Cites Wide Education Opp( -Daily-Henry Yee ORGANIZED CONFUSION-Students register for next semester. Clutching their identities on little punched cards 24,044 scholars queue up for the purpose of securing an education. In the end they struggle out of the gymnasium with the next five months neatly laid out on a program card. To the victors belong the spoils, the losers get the 8 o'clocks. Efficienc Speeds Registration By DAVID MARCUS Students who view college as "nothing more than a meal ticket" miss the most important opportun- ities of a university education, Martin A. Cohen, assistant dean of the Hebrew Union College said yesterday. Speaking before the orientation convocation on "Resources Beyond the Vocational," Cohen said "I wonder for how many of you a career is the be-all and end-all of college. "People who feel this way ne- glect important questions; what kind of a person do you want to be? To what causes do you want. to devote your lives?" He described a university as "a place to build a life." Cites "3 E's" Cohen cited his own "3 E's" of education. He noted enlightenment as the first of these. "Enlightenment," he said, "is that glimpse of Joy ,from studying humanity and not just books. "Many people see no sense to the humanities because they decided to devote their full time to study- ing for a career. But the obvious danger of this can be seen in that definition of a specialist as 'someone who knows more and more about less and less and less . ..' Cohen also criticized the belief that all knowledge of the humani- ties is concentrated in a few intellectuals. "This is the shame and challenge of our times," he said. Labels Concerns Politics, art, music and books are areas which can concern everybody, he said. "To this ex- tent, these things will broaden and humanize our lives." Emancipation, the second of his "3 E's," is "freedom from all that tends to obstruct human ideals and love of one's fellow man. "There are books written about the best way to find happiness but the proverb 'the best way to find happiness is to give it away before it is completely yours' is the best way. "Every advance in human civili- zation has been accomplished by men and women who have tread the gritty road from egoism to al- truism." Ennoblement is the final "E" Cohen cited. "Of all the conflicts' a human faces, by far the most arduous is with himself,". he "said. "There are many individuals who attempt to destroy religion but are more democratic than the CAFE PROMETHEAN 508 E. William OSCAR BRAND Subscribe to The Michigan ail .. rrt tir.....: dogmatists of any fa dogmatism lies in refusi front the real issues wl tween religion and knoN The with 14 coupons to be filled, has To most University students the also helped to streamline opera- process of registration is nothing tions. but a semi-annual headache. Greatest Problem However, in comparison to other Registration personnel at Water- universities, registration here is man handle about 1000 students much easier and more efficient, an hour, Pickering notes, and on Robert L. Pickering, director of the average it takes the rtudent registration, claims. 30 minutes to go through the "Our system works better mainly registration process. because registration procedures The greatest problem faced by are centered in Waterman Gym," registration workers is students Pickering explained. "At some who attempt to register before other schools the students have their -scheduled time. Three con- to go from one academic building sequences face the student caught to another to enroll in their doing this: an "invitation" to leave separate classes." the gymnasium; confiscation of The new registrationnaire which registration material so he would replaced the old "railroad ticket" have to register later; cr wppear- Closed Circuit TV Programs Aid in Orientation Procedures By JUDITH OPPENHEIM discussion of Prof. Peek's talk and An experimental series of closed answered questions about the poli- circuit television programs were tical science department, included for the first time in the Participants also filled in ques- or entation program of several of tionnaires on their reactions to the the University's estimated 1,000 program. They were asked whether new students. they would, rather have seen the Director of Orientation Jack program on television or heard Petoskey hopes to see television the lecture in an auditorium with programs play an increasingly im- 300 other students. portant roll in orientation pro- They were also asked whether cedures, they would have preferred a ques- Televised -information sessions tion and answer session with Prof. for incoming students were held Peek to the discussion period con- yesterday and Wednesday in the ducted by the orientation leaders. Frieze Bldg. and involved the use Other Lectures of speech department facilities by P technicians from the University f. MorondH ried othe teleisio stuio.anthropology department, Prof. television studio. Hazel M. Losh of the astronomy Rules Committee department and James F. Ross of Yesterday's program began with the philosophy department also a talk by Prof. George A. Peek, gave introductory television talks Jr., of the political science depart- to entering students. ment who spoke about the Rules Petoskey said the purpose of Committee of the House of Repre- these programs is to allow new sentatives. students to see outstanding cam- Prof .Peek advanced the thesis pus personalities they might not that there is no difference between otherwise meet, and to gain some procedure and actual policy mak- idea of what courses with these ing in the House of Representa- instructors are like. ance before Joint Judiciary Coun- cil. But there are other perhaps more demanding factors facing the workers, Pickering says. In the .r giitration procedure the inter- ests of many University elements must be coordinated in regard to the presentation of course times and the type of class cards and election cards required. Physical Preparations The physical preparations for registration at Waterman are im- mense, Pickering adds. Arrange- ments must be made for hundreds of tables, chairs and telephones. The course boards showing the sections of classes still open must be set up and maintained. One hundred and thirty workers, most- ly students, must be trained. There are also difficulties in anticipating and correcting errors by students. For instance, last fall many students threw away their. green tuition receipts and kept instead a white instruction slip warning them to keep the green card. If students are too sick to re- gister themselves, proxy registra- tion cards must be filled out for persons registering for the ill stu- dents. But regardless of these problems and students' grumbling, Pickering still thinks that registration is functioning smoothly. "And as new machines are de- veloped to assume more of the human work involved," he says, "the registration process will be- come easier for the student." &"y"n''$4 "'""t '#6 "o N (Formerly Carlson Pharma Frederick W. 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