, NCAA RULING GOES TOO FAR See Page 4 Seventy Years of Editorial Freedom 4Iati4Y CLOUDY, RAIN High-3$ Low-30 Freezing rain ending this aft.ernoon; partly cloudy tomorrow I rl l ll q l VOL. LXXI, No. 119 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 1961 FIVE CENTS TEN PAC . i Sehaadt Probes Dorm Fee Boost Sees Possible Limiting of Increase By Elimination of SundaySuppers By ROSALIND CHAPMAN A possible room and board increase in University residence halls has been brought to the attention of house service chairmen by Leon- ard A. Schaadt, business manager of residence halls. Schaadt suggested the elimination of Sunday night supper as an advantageous means \of minimizing the increase.y r Assembly Association issued a statement made public yesterday in which Schaadt explained his position and the basis for his suggestions: Wages, Costs Rise "Last year there was no room and board rate increase, although costs went up in several areas. Employee wages were increased, raw food prices rose, and the academic " ~ calendar year included six addi- Lew is Tells tional days, he said. "These costs were. all absorbed in the business operation last AT P year; but, of course, increasing operational costs cannot continue to be, absorbed Indefinitely with- " y H using out being reflected in room and For board rates." The statement also said that A new plan for University un- "currently about 40 per cent of dergraduate housing to include the residents do not eat their Sun- clusters of living units accommo- day evening meal in the residence dating 30 to 40 students around a hall. Therefore, only about 60 per central dining and administrative cent of the residents would be ,srea was proposed by Vice-Presi- affected by a decision to eliminate dent for Student Affairs James A.- the Sunday night suppers." Lewis to the Regents Friday. 'Sizable Increase' There has been a movement saving from such a move by students to private apartment would "amount to roughly $16 per housing in Ann Arbor" because of student. During the past 10 Years student dissatisfaction, especially the room and board increases amon upprclasmen wit theranged up to $50. Thus the savings ramong upperclassmen, with the could make a sizable' reduction in' present residence halls, Lewis the rate increase." sa n now under consideration Schaadt refused to quote figures .ln no about the exact increase. He stated by the administration are design- that he would probably know in ed to overcome this dissatisfaction "three or four weeks" when the by providing upperclassmen with state legislature allots its money the opportunity to live in apart- to the University. ment or suite accommodations - Schaadt feels that the residence giving tudents more privacy in hall employees will demand salary their senior year," Lewis pointed increases in keeping with those out. allotted to other non-faculty mem- Responsible for Meals hers by the University.- " Students would be responsible for getting their own meals under this plan. They would also do Foresee End their own housekeeping chores, Lewis noted. To "It will end up, I think, with three or four, or possibly six to eight apartment units or suites for LONDON (M)-Western diplo- from 30 to 40 students each" sur- mats reported yesterday the So- rounding an all-purpose living and viet Union is expected to abandon dining area, he said. direct censorship of stories writ- Another aspect of the proposal ten by foreign correspondents be- is that it "will retain some of the ginning tomorrow. benefits 'of present University Information from Moscow sug- housing, and still incorporate some gested that correspondents will no of the advantages of co-operative longer have to submit their work living," Lewis"pointed out. to anonymous censors in the cen- Explains Economics tral telegraph office; but in place of direct censorship there is like- Regent Irene Murphy of Bir- ly to be a form of voluntary cen- mingham explained an economic sorship. measure embodied in the plan, citing the fact that "the large residence halls capture students R ussians S in in a, rising price. structure." i Lewis said that plans were not well enough advanced that it is. F known where the new units would or Educatio be located. He added that they will not necessarily be built on thecentral campus or in that im- (EDITOR'S- NOTE-Vice-President sadhe did not definitely know of an, mediate area. program, but that he hoped some we "We now have plans for an un- dergraduate residence hall on the By OSGOOD North Campus," he said. MOSCOW-The Soviet Union "We are also starting to think the American Council of Learned S about graduate housing for single seminars and research programs in students. But at this point there' i isn't much I would want to say This effect is an extension about it. under way between the Soviet Aca The cost of construction for Academy of Science in the United the new residences is still unde- other subjects. termined. . The agreement reached Friday of considerable groundwork. It requ tions between the head of the< Bill Denands Soviet academy, Prof. Alexandr N. Nesmeyanov, and two visiting ore Training American professors noted for Mh rhse.e T atg their work in the study of Russian A bill has been introduced into. and Soviet affairs. the state legislature which, if The two Americans are Fred- passed before the May 12 adjourn- erick Burkhardt, president of the ment date, would require teachers American Council of American in the state-controlled .olleg'es Learned Societies, and Phillip E. ave profes- Mosely, chairman of the Society and universities to have'pofs sional education courses in their of Scientific Research and director background. of research in the Council of For- Elementary, secondary, and eign Relations. Elmentay, co ndahr, and The agreement for the exchange community college teachers are of outstanding Soviet and Ameri-. now required to have taken edu- can scholars in literature, history, cation courses, such as history of economy, law and dramatic criti- education or methods courses, butcimstoakefetnxSpe- coege an universit tehercism is to take effect next Septem- are not. ber.- ar no .r rn &- -1.. .n _-. ._ IQC Heads Ask for( Quad To Investigate o Move Set Against Unit Of Delta Chi By DAVID GEIGER The national president of Delta Chi fraternity, Louis Armstrong, said yesterday that "as far as the national officers were concerned" no action would be taken against the University of Iowa chapter which pledged a Negro student Thursday night. Armstrong said that since 1954, when the national convention at Beloxi, Mississippi removed a con- stitutional restriction on race there has been no membership clauses regarding race, creed or religion. Since that time many Japanese students have been pledged, he said. This is the first instance of pledging a Negro of which he knew. Could Revoke Charter Whatever action will be taken must come from the fraternity's national, convention which could revoke the Iowa chapter's consti- tution by a four-fifths vote. The only action the national officers would take toward the chapter in this case would be to uphold the national constitution,. Armstrong explained. The president of the Iowa chap- ter, Richard'Boe, does not foresee any reaction. He said that the campus and administration as well as the alumni "strongly back the move." Art Schwartz, president of the Lake Forest chapter, hailed the action as further evidence of local autonomy and lack of discrimina, tion. Some members of the Lake Forest unit had formed a local fraternity in protest over alleged discrimination in national policy. The president of this splinter group could not be reached for comment. Both the Iowa and Lake Forest chapters said they interpret the national constitution's member- ship clause which states only that any male student is eligible to pledge as meaning they "can take whomever they wish without re- gard to race, religion or color." Agreement nal Exchange for University Relations Lyle Nelson y University professors incuded in the - mld be selected to participate.) CARUTHERS signed an agreement Friday with cientists of an exchange of lectures, Sthe humanities and social sciences. of a program of exchanges already demy of Sciences and the National States in the study of physics and ,modest though it was, was a result ired only two days of final negotia- QUARTER-CENTU OFF-ON CAMPUS ISSUES: Candidates Split on Emphasis onferenc( Problem' Called 'Obvious Step After Scheub Report Moch To Seek Approval Thursda' Hopes To See Meeting in April By MICHAEL OLINICK Top Inter-Quadrangle officers yesterday called for a conferen on the quadrangle system in which students, faculty and administ: tors would delve into the major problems confronting the men's re dence halls. IQC President Thomas Moch. '62,.speaking for the council's exec tive cabinet, said the conference could be planned and organiz quickly enough to present it on April 15. Moch will ask IQC to i prove the idea at its meeting Thursday night. He labelled the conference an "obvious step to follow" the s' dent opinion poll conducted in East Quad last spring and made pub this week. "We are interested in getting at the problems that a really basic to the residence hall houses at this tim," he said. Lehmann Offers Help As IQC interest in the survey grew, Prof. Charles Lehmann the education school, who is chairman of the Faculty Senate's stude By rALPH KAPLAN A majority of the twelve candi- dates for Student Government Council agree that SGC. should concern itself to some extent with "off-campus" issues. They disagree, however, as to how much emphasis should be placed on such questions. Bill Gleason, '63, said, "It is absurd to classify people by the label 'on-' or off'-campus issue candidates. All issues of impor- tance should be considered by the Council, but only if they are rele- vant and concern the students of the University." Draws Distinction James Yost, '62, distinguished between those issues which should be discussed and those which should be acted upon. He cited the motion on the House Un- American Activities Committee film "Operation Abolition" as one which should have been discussed by the Council and not acted up- on. "It is important that the Coun- cil represent student opinion," he commented. The four candidates of the Voice political party-incumbent Roger Seasonwein, '61; Kenneth McEl- downey, '62; Nancy Nassett, '63, and Brian Glick, '62, have all placed aheavy emphasis on the importance of "off-campus" is- sues. "The criterion for determin- ing an issue's importance to SGC is not its geographical origin but whether it is of concern to respon- sible students," Seasonwein said. Based on Theory Glick noted the question of "off- campus" issues is related to the question of theories of representa- tion. "Council members should not be expected to reflect the opinions of the majority of the constitu- Unmanned Space Capsule Undeross Successful Test WASHINGTON (A)--An unmanned Mercury space capsule suc- cessfully underwent its most punishing test yet over the Virginia coast yesterday. "If it were a manned flight, a man could have gone through it satisfactorily," said William H. Bland, assistant chief of the Mercury space task group. The shot at Wallops Island, Va., was to test the escape mechanism 'for the space capsule under the worst possible conditions. It may be the last test needed before a similar capsule carries a man ona 125-mile high, 200-mile' long flight from Cape Canaveral, Fla., down the Atlantic range. After that, comes an attempt to put a man in orbit ° around the earth. The capsule was lofted today by a Little Joe rocket, MrA k a squat 25-foot booster. It soared M r Ato about 40,000 feet, where it de- ents," he commented, "but should represent their constituents to the best of their knowledge and abil- ity." Miss Nassett commented that the Voice platform was based on the principle that "issues of con- cern to students of other campuses are a concern to this campus. One of the issues of the campaign is a liberal interpretation of the Coun- cil plan." McEldowney explained that ex- pression of student opinion 'was a specific function of the Council plan, and praised SGC's growing awareness of student issues. Halt Interference SGC Treasurer Arthur Rosen- baum, '62, and John Curry, '63, said off-campus issues were a proper concern of the Council but should not interfere with its obligations to the campus. Rosen- baum noted that he had supported the great majority of motions that had come before the Council on off-campus' issues but his primary interests were not in these issues. "There is no causal link between the greater emphasis on 'off'- campus issues and tie less empha- sis on the Council's responsibili- ties to student activities, but the Council can only'be effective if it is sufficiently concerned with both national student issues and local campus student activities." See SGC, Page 5 MSU Clown AST LANSING (T) -- Most youngsters dream at one time or another of running away to join a circus. Prof. Charles W. Boas is mak- ing the dream a reality. His de- cision is somewhat unusual in that Boas is quitting a position as a university professor to be- come a clown in the circus. Boas, who received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University is married, the father of four children and an assist- ant professor of geography at Michigan State University. But he's always been fasci- nated by circuses and clowning. He has written extensively on the subject and became an au-. thority on the history of the circus. He has moved his family out of their home into a trailer and will go on the road tomorrow with the Penny Brothers Circus. He plans to continue writing and research into the history of clowning and circuses. "It's something I've always wanted to do," Boas said, "and I realized I wouldn't be happy until I tried it. "It's not that I'm dissatis- fled with teaching," he ex- plained. "I have strong regrets about leaving the university. It's just that I think I'll be happier in the big top than the Big Ten." Civil Rights OKLAHOMA CITY () - Dem- onstrators for racially mixed eat- ing facilities marched, motorcaded and prayed here yesterday but made no effort to test a freshly is- sued court order. A 17-car motorcade, headed by a hearse, moved in funeral fashion through the downtown area while marchers passed in front of a department store which bans Ne- groes from its restaurant. The marchers-mostly Negroes- hummed hymns. The motorcade carried signs which read, "help bury Jim Crow," "Segregation is only skin deep." The vehicles were trimmed with black crepe paper. Judge Glen O. Morris issued a temporary restraining order Thursday barring demonstrators from congregating in the buildings at the cafeteria entrances. In Kansas City yesterday, seven retail stores were picketed by members of the National Associa- tion for the Advancement of Col- ored People and the Community Committee for Social Action. tached from the rocket with its escape rockets, designed to save an astronaut's life if something goes wrong in a future launching. The- capsule broke out para- chutes and floated down to the Atlantic, landing 14 miles beyond where it was expected because of high winds. The trip took 23 min- utes. The capsule was picked up by a Navy tug within an hour. Bland said the only thing ab- normal was that both the capsule's parachutes opened at once. Timing Not Right "We did not achieve all test objectives," he said. "The timing of the parachute opening ,was not quite right. All parachutes appar- ently came out at the same time. "We'll have to study the records and the capsule to determine what happened. This is not significant in itself. The test demonstration of the capsule escape system was at the worst conditions that could ever occur.", In one of the previous tests the escape rockets went off before the booster was launched,; lobbing the capsule ignominiously into the Wallops Island surf. - relations committee, said yester-c day the .committee would consider student opinion on the 'quad- rangles if the matter were brought to it. The Senate established the com- mittee in 1957 to "give advice to students and help them," Prof. Lehmann explained. Although it has been concerned mostly with ,student government, its interests "could be broadened." "It is appropiate that any stu- dent concerW such as this come before the &mmittee." Moch Cites Purpose "One of the complaints abouta the opinion survey was that it only, represented 40 men in one .quad-; rangle. Our conference will get at problems current throughout the ;whole system and will tell us what. we should really concentrate on first." The conference proposal delin- eates ten major areas of concern: staff, food and dining room serv- ice, house activities and programs, regulations, the Michigan House Plan, facilities and services, stu- dent government, judiciaries, fra- ternities and the administration. Moch explained that 25 to 30 University and residence hall ad- ministrators, including University President Harlan Hatcher, Vice- President for Student Affairs James. A. Lewis,' and Dean of *~en Walter B. ea, would be "invited. Roger Pfeuffer, '63, IQC's see retary-treasurer, suggested the idea to tle executive cabinet be- cause "It will bring student gov- ernment and administrators face to face and thus aid, at least as a start, in solving the communica- tion problems." Moch envisioned the conference starting with an address by Presi- dent Hatcher and then breaking up into small groups of 15 to 20 persons who would discuss one of the 10 topics. Three such discussion periods would be set up so that each in- dividual could air opinions on a. variety of problems," Moch ex- plained. Scheub Calb Quad Chauig 'Necessary By KENNETH McELDOWNE Associate City Editor The ex-resident hall direc Harold Scheub, who last spi conducted the East Quadran study charged last night t major changes must be made if residence halls are to become ai thing but "hotels or refueling 'tions." James A. Lewis, vice-presid f or student affairs, said last ni that when he and Dean of N JAMES A. LEWIS ...views report JRY EFFORT: k. ii$SV ~ > '.; _.._ fi :; Middle English Dictionary Nears Completion By STEVEN SHAW Virtually hidden on the quasi- legendary fifth floor of Angell Hall, and almost unknown to the outside world, the University's major research project in the hu- manities - the Middle English Dictionary-is in the midst of seeing its fourth imposing volume published. The "MED" as it is affection- ately called by its 1,073 subscribers throughout the literate world, has' been hailed by eminent scholars as "one of the tres grandes achievements of the twentieth cen- tury-a monumental accomplish- ment." Under the direction of the fourth editor, Prof. Hans Kurath of the English department, eight full housed. Two million little white slips sit neatly arranged, patiently awaiting that hour when they will become an "official cross refer- ence" in printed form. Prof. Kurath waves his arms with a little awe as he points to the 150 feet of iron bookcases which house all the texts that the 500 had to scrutinize. The present editor is probably the first however, who has ever seen the end in sight. Although' Dr. Kurath, who has directed the Dictionary since 1946, refuses to say when this day will be, some how one gets the feeling that he "knows." Barring "the numerous problems which make my work so interest- ing." Prof. Kurath feels that . the society, covers almost everything written in English from the Nor- man Conquest till the invention of printing. "In the long run," says Prof. Kurath, removing his green edi- tor's visor and puffing on his pipe, "we want to understand the human being-the way he lives and the way he used to live. Lit- erature and the various arts never lose their value for him. But, "in 'war time' the humanities are silent," he continues. Questions Purpose Gazing at the hundreds of vol- umes that line the walls of his office, he wonders "after we've survived, what have we survived for?" The MED may help us if somenne ever decides that he Walter B. Rea visited 30 hou in the quads this fall "we fou few complaints. Most of the m were quite satisfied." Scheub, calling from Valpara University in Indiana where teaches English, supported the z leasing of the report by Anders House Resident Advisor Herb Sigman. Answers Criticisms Answering charges that the i port was of' little value becai; of invalid survey methods, Sche said that it would be unfortuna if the research techniques becor the target of the controversy. "'I major problem will thereby put aside in favor of extranec bickering. There are problems the residence halls. Anyone w refuses to accept this fact of i sidence hall life is out of tot with the student mind. "I am not sure," he said, "th every student who has come ir the dean's office has followed i ceptable research methods a questioning techniques in maki his opinions and criticisms knol Feel 'Helpless' Commenting on Sigman's bel that the men in the residence ha feel "helpless" and "unhapi about directing their own liv Lewis said that this was one the reasons that he and Rea "we Ferris N. Crawford, of the Mich- igan Department of Public In- structlon's higher education and certification division, said the state had 809 teachers on the college-university rolls during the last school year. . The two nations will send three lecturers each for short visits to conduct discussions of these sub- jects. Professor Mosely said that the Americans had been tentatively selected but that their names would not yet be made public because of possible changes in the nn~si~ an .,.. wv- - - -ne - i ,___ _ r: _ _ _ _ I ..vs..isti. i. 1'44UU'.A'Y1'iSQ '