HOW JOHN HANNAH GOT MSU A MEDICAL SCHOOL See Editorial Page Y Si r igzrn &tit61j PLEASANT High-80 Low-60 Cooler and sunny; continued fair Seventy-Six Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVI, No. 48S ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1966 SEVEN CENTS uskegee: Changes May Bring nstitute Ne FOUR PAGES wLife By CAROLE KAPLAN eral students and faculty members Special To The Daily away from the institute make it Last of a Four-Part Series TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, doubly difficult to effect any real Tuskegee Institute currently oper- progress. ates under a multitude of con- . Yet, there are pressures push- flicting pressures-the pressures of ing Tuskegee the other way-the tradition, of much of the com- pressures of a growing demand for munity, of the older and long- qualified Negroes in all fields as established faculty members and opportunities open up where none administrators, of religious bod- were before; the pressures exerted ies, and of conservative political by the civil rights movement and groups. All work against changes all it stands for, and the pres- in attitude and policy that would sures of automation, which make do much to improve the college. education almost a prerequisite to In addition, lack of money and economic survival. equipment, the poor background Besides these social conditions, and inadequate secondary educa- the students themselves are chang- tion of many of the students, and ing, although slowly. More enter- the demands of civil rights work ing freshmen have high hopes and which take the attentions of lib- a will to accomplish something. And, although many of them are disillusioned, they continue to hit out against the causes of their discontent. These students are only a few, however, and very often their sug- gestions are ignored. So the question is: which way will Tuskegee go? Will it attempt to preserve out-dated values and traditions, at the expense of the quality of its education? Or will it change radically in the next few years, and become one of the bet- ter Negro colleges in the country and one of the most powerful Ne- gro organizations in the South? One thing is certain-it cannot remain as it is, and there are in- dications that changes in educa- tional philosophy as well as prove them. They have attempted changes in the status of the Ne- to involve students in these ac- gro in America are penetrating tivities, and as a result the stu- the campus. dents now have some idea of the Although the institute is losing kinds of things that can be said some of its most liberal and pop- and done to influence the work- ular professors and administrators, ings of a college. their influence will not be forgot- Several faculty members also ten. The dean of students, who held informal discussions at their is referred to simply as "Dean," homes in a relaxed atmosphere has been a good friend and coun- similar to that of a "free univer- selor to the students over the past sity." At these discussions, any- two years, and many of them thing from philosophy to civil have realized that administrators rights to the institute to morals do not necessarily have to be rig- and marijuana is an acceptable id and aloof. topic, as long as it is relevant to Some faculty members have the lives of the participants. drawn up petitions and sugges- The discussions, for those who tions for reform programs, to try are interested and not too sensi- to evaluate school policies and im- tive about their own opinions, pro- vide the intellectual stimulation' generally missing in the class- room. Politically, the institute has been carefully neutral. It is the head- quarters for the traditional politi- cal organization which says, "Not too fast, not too loud," and which, after going out to register as many voters as possible, recommends white candidates over more quali- fied Negroes in order not to alarm the white community, and in or- der to avoid the risk of a Negro official doing a poor job. Yet, even this political front was cracked wide open last January when Samuel Younge, Jr., a stu- dent civil rights worker, native of Tuskegee and a childhood friend of many of the students was shot and killed in a filling station in town. Then even the die-hard conserv- atives were demanding action, jus- tice, and immediate danger. There were marches into town, and at- tempts to boycott the Tuskegee merchants. For a while students did their shopping in nearby Au- burn. By mid-semester, however, the furor had quieted down, and in the May primaries the Macon County Democratic Club, headed by a Tuskegee sociology profes- sor, refused to endorse the Negro candidate for sheriff. Yet, the candidate won the1 election without the help of the established Negro leadership, and will in all likelihood be the next sheriff of Macon County. What does all of this mean? It means that, as the atmosphere in the South changes radically, Tus- kegee cannot help but be influenc- ed. Whether this influence will be strong enough to cause major changes within the college remains to be seen, but the potential is there. The new attitudes brought to campus by teachers, exchange stu- dents, and visitors, combined with the political and social awareness growing in the southern Negro, may bring a new life to Tuskegee, and help it to become the active, exciting community it could be. Air Strike Far From Settlement Other Airlines Run Extra Flights; Losses To Business Increase WASHINGTON (A-Attempts to talk out the quarrel that has grounded five airlines for a week came to nothing yesterday and machinists union and airline rep- resentatives glumly agreed they are far apart. "We are as far apart as ever," said Joseph W. Ramsey, vice president of the AFL-CIO Inter- national Association of Machinists.- M e a n w h 1e, business losses mounted yesterday in the strike which has sharply cut tourist travel at the height of the va- cation season. The loss in spending by vaca- tioners in New York City alone was estimated at $500,000 a day by Philip Schweidel, the city's direc- tor of tourism. "By next Monday, if the strike. continues, this loss will be about $750,000 a day," Schweilel said. William J. Curtin, chief nego- tiator for the airlines, concurred. He advised reporters against look-I ing for any early settlement, and said it is entirely possible the 1 strike could go on for another week. The two men commented sep- arately after several hours of joint discussions under the auspices of Asst. Secretary of Labor James J. Reynolds. The Labor Department official said, "We have reached another point of serious disagreement on a number of items." He said he was asking each side to make another careful and detailed ap- praisal of its position. Reynolds said there had been an extremely useful exchange of views, and it was unfortunate that the parties "have reached again a position of serious impasse on a number of issues." Reynolds said no new issues were raised, and that the impasse still involved some of the eight national issues before the two groups. These cover wages, working con- ditions and fringe benefits. The Defense Department said the strike so far has had no ad- verse effect on military operations. The strike has delayed air mail deliveries as much as 24 hours, and the situation threatens to get worse, the Post Office Department said yesterday.j Mail has been moving on air- lines not affected by the strike and most of them have put on extra flights. William J. Hartigan, assistant postmaster general, reported how- ever that the emergency sched- uling cannot be maintained and some of the extra flights will have to be canceled. y 1ES WiiganREail -F NEWS WIRE Late World News By Te Associated Press MOSCOW-The Soviet Union denied yesterday that it was informed in advance by the United States of U.S. air attacks on petroleum depots in the suburbs of Hanoi and Haiphong in North Viet Nam. It said "certain American officials" circulated such reports knowing that Communist Chinese officials would seize upon them to assail the Soviet Union.-' The denial was carried by Tass, the official news agency. which said it was authorized to circulate it. The U.S. State Department said after the bombings began late in June that "key interested governments were informed in advance about the raids." FOUR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS have been awarded Ful- bright Scholarships for study abroad next year. They are William E. Hettrick III, Maumee, Ohio; John R. Magel, New York City; Marvin R. Meinz. Altenburg, Mo.; and Daniel J. Perlongo, Gaestra, Michigan. Under the act initiated in 1946, Hettrick and Meinz will study at the Universities of Munich and Hamburg, Germany, respectively. Both will do graduate work, Hettrick musicology and Meinz German. Magel will travel to the University of Bergen, Norway, where he will concentrate on the physiology of muscular exercise. Perlongo, who will work in the area of music composition, will go to the St. Cecilia Conservatory of Music, Rome, Italy. They are among some 2,500 U.S. citizens who go abroad under the act each year. Around 6,000 foreign nationals come here each year. Since its establishment around 28,500 Americans and 70,000 foreigners have participated in the program. DANIEL PERLONGO, Grad, has been awarded the Joseph H. Berns Prize of $1,500, awarded annually for a major musical composition by Columbia University. Perlongo, who received a bachelor of music degree in 1964, and a master of music degree in 1966, both at the University, was awarded the prize for his composition, "Seven Pieces for Orchestra." The work was written in 1965 and first performed in Ann Arbor April 19, 1966. IN DETROIT'S MILD DRIZZLE yesterday, 25 members of the Detroit Committee to End the War in Viet Nam picketed in front of the Cadillac Tower Building, headquarters of Wayne County local draft boards. The protest was against alleged use of the draft as punishment for war and selective service protestors. Protest leaders met with Lt. Col. Robert Lundquist who told them to mail all grievances and questions pertaining to the draft to their local draft boards. GOV. GEORGE ROMNEY yesterday appointed a special commission to serve as "another weapon in our armory of defenses" against a rising crime rate, the Associated Press reported. The 47 member special State Commission on Crime, De- linquency, and Criminal Administration is being charged with "the responsibility of studying the entire field of law enforce- ment, court administration, and correction and rehabilitation ! programs," Romney said. RICHARD P. McELROY has been named supervisor of community relations for the University's Flint College, Vice- President for University Relations Michael Radock announced today. In this new post, McElroy will serve as a liaison between Flint College and the community, working with official agencies of the City of Flint and with voluntary groups, Radock said. -Daily-Andy Sacks NEW HIGH RISE GOES UP The above construction site will accommodate a 26-story structure next fall. The building on the corner of Maynard and E. William Streets, to be handled by Charter Realty, will provide commercial space on the ground floor and apartment space on the upper stories. SNIPERS REIGN: Intense Gunfire Erupts Between Negroes and Police in Chicago Architecture School Plans Overhaul Curriculum Changes Part of Move Toward Flexible Program By MEREDITH EIKER Curriculum changes planned for this fall in the University's School of Architecture will be part of an overall academic re-structuring and the transition to a totally new six-year program. Prof. Joseph Wehrer, chairman of the school's educational pro- gram committee, said yesterday that the move toward a more flexible program began a few years ago, though it has been intensi- fied during the past year. Plans for re-organization, he said, are not connected with student dis- content expressed late last March. At that time the faculty issued a vote of "no confidence" in its de- partment chairman, Jacques Brownson. Authorized by the faculty this spring, the six-year program will become effective with the fall se- mester of 1967. The curriculum committee is working this summer on recommendations for material and methods to be taught under the new program and will present its proposals to the faculty for final approval this fall. Wehrer said that the six-year program will offer a wider choice of courses and a more general ed- ucation. "The architecture stu- dent," Wehrer pointed out, "can no longer rely on a narrow pro- fessional education because of the complexity of the society in which he must operate." He noted that the new appFoach will provide for more diversity and specialization among the students. "Right now," said Wehrer, "each architecture student is graduat- ing with pretty much the same scope of knowledge as evryne else. The six-year program will enable students to pursue in depth areas of individual interest." Beginning this fall, the archi- tecture school will offer a thesis program to its senior (fifth year) students. During the first semester a student will choose a problem for intensive study and a profess- or with whom to work. Under the tutorial guidance of the chosen professor and others acting in sim- ilar advisory positions, the stu- dent will complete his project dur- ing his final semester. "Such 'semi-directed' studies,% said Wehrer, "will be an impor- tant part of the new curriculum." Also this fall University architec- ture students will have access to laboratory facilities where they can try out materials and view direct effects of ideas evolved on paper in the studio. Wehrer said that the institution of the six-year program will re- quire only selective faculty in- creases and no acute professor shortages are foreseen." When questioned about the con- troversial course, Arch. 412, which was the cause of much student criticism this spring, Wehrer said that the course would be absorbed into the six-year program in a somewhat different form. He in- dicated that modifications will be made in most of the existing course structures under the new program. Wehrer said that he felt the new program will "greatly strengthen" the University's School of Archi- tecture. "The changes," he said, "are all positive and areas of dis CHICAGO (UP) - Negro gangs and policemen exchanged gunfire, more than 50 were injured and more than 50 were arrested last night as violence flared for the third straight night on Chicago's West Side. Among the injured was Police Capt. Francis Nolan, watch com- mander of the Deering District, who was reported in good condi- tion in Mt. Sinai Hospital with a bullet in his back. He was shot by a sniper from the roof of a building. Police said more than 50 Ne- groes were arrested on charges of discharging firearms and disorder- ly conduct. Armored vehicles and tear gas units were called to Lake and Up to 5,000 Negroes jarnned the streets as more than 900 po- licemen attempted to restore or- der in the predominantly Negro neighborhood. Negroes fired at policemen from rooftops as officers hid behind squad cars and darted from door- way to doorway, firing as they went. Windows of most businesses op-, erated by white persons were smashed. Armed guards stood out- side a neighborhood bank. Motorists were pelted with rocks as they drove through the area. Many car windows were broken. Residents threw glass from up- per windows onto the darting po- licemen. A group of policemen firing pis- tols from each hand chased a marauding gang of Negroes down a street. Other policemen aimed their shots at rooftops. One gang overturned a car as it ran down the street. Wood streets, where police ifunications said a pitched was in progress, com- battle Negroes smsahed through the plate glass window of a cleaning shop at the intersection of Doug- las and Kedzie. Newsmen driving through the area were pelted with rocks and bricks, but none was injured. Hundreds of persons hurled ob- jects from windows and roofs. Police communications said of- ficers in the area had called for more ammunition. The streets and sidewalks were strewn with glass. The violence erupted for the third consecutive night on the city's West Side-near the area where several persons were in- jured in two nights of rioting last summer-as policemen and clergy- men attempted to calm the strick- en area. Disturbances had been kept to a minimum until mid-evening, when swarms of Negro gangs roamed along a strip on Roosevelt Road from Pulaski Road to Cali- fornia Avenue, about 16 blocks from the edge of downtown Chi- cago. The windows of a currency ex- change were shattered. Rocks were thrown through the window of a car carrying three white girls. A rock smashed the window of a squad car. Two squad cars blocked off to the aid of the people of Chi- cago. I want you to know that despite what has happened, I still feel that nonviolent resistance is the most potent weapon open to suppressed peoples." Meanwhile, in Grenada, Miss., about 200 Negroes marched to the courthouse square yesterday and rallied in front of the Con- federate statue-and found it guarded by eight Negroes. The march came after a federal judge wiped out the town's parade ordinance as being unconstitution- al. U.S. Dist. Judge Claude Clay- ton said it gave the police chief discretion as to who could get a parade permit. The Negro guards at the mon- ument shoved back anyone who approached. Though in civilian clothes, the guards were under the command of a uniformed deputy. Constable Grady Carroll identi- fied the guards as prisoners un- der life sentences. "The only reason I am not go- ing on that statue today is that you will beat these black boys when they are back in jail," shout- ed Hosea Williams, who led the march. Williams stood on a stone bench for a 20-minute talk in the fierce sun. He said the marchers had come to ask city officials to "prove themselves men of integrity rather than men of lies." The Southern Christian Leader- ship Conference, heading the civil rights drive here, contends the city reneged on voter registration ar- FURTHER INFORM PUBLIC: Huron High School Construction Bids Postponed By MICHAEL HEFFER several economizing measures, to have the project redesigned and Action on construction bids for looked feasible as late as last new bids taken on it. a proposed Huron High School fall. Other members of the board, has been put off by the Board Final Estimate including Withey, claim such a de- of Education, to give it time to At that time a final estimate lay will only lead to higher costs. better inform the public on the was made and bids were taken. Two Other Proposals reasons for a doubling of esti- Withey said the discrepancy At Wednesday's meeting two mated costs. between the original estimate and other proposals were brought for- The board has been meeting this the construction bids is due to sev- ward. Ann Arbor High School week in public and closed sessions eral factors. Principal Nicholas Schreiber made Withey distributed sheets compar- ing the costs of other schools. He said one of them, Ann Arbor (Pi- oneer) High School was built with the same specifications as the planned Huron High school, but if it were re-bid now, the bids would be about,$12 million. Another comparison he made in- Godfrey also presented a peti- tion asking that the proposed, school be redesigned and rebuilt. The board presented at its meet- ing a sheet of estimates of school construction costs during various stages of planning for the new. school designed to show the rise in costs.