tu e; 'U'Budge ti EDITOR'S NOTE: The University is seeking $55.7 million in state funds for its 1965-66 operations. This record sum represents an increase of 11.6 million over the current year'sappropriation of $44.1 million, a jump of more than 25 per cent. This article is the first of a series ex- plaining why the University is requesting this unprecedented appropria- tion hike. By DAVID BLOCK The University's record budget request for next year's opera- tions reflects a continued concern over the relative decline of faculty salaries here during the past decade, in comparison with the nation's other leading universities. According to the official appropriation request booklet sub- mitted to Governor George Romney last fall, the University has earmarked $4.5 million of the sought budget increase for staff and faculty salary raises. This represents almost 40 per cent of the total $11.6 million increase sought. It is no secret that the University's faculty salary level has fallen in recent years from its former high position in relation to other prominent institutions across the country. In 1958 the wage level here ranked fourth among the nation's universities. By 1962 it dropped to 20th place and by 1963-64 the ranking had fallen to 29th. Salary Raises Of the $5.9 million increase in operating appropriations re- eflects Salary Concern ceived for this year, 47.6 per cent went toward faculty and staff salary raises. However, according to the University's appropria- tion booklet, despite this improvement "all information available indicated that salary and wage improvements around the country have advanced or kept pace to a degree that requires a more adequate restoration of comparable salary and wage levels." The decline can be attributed almost entirely to the so-called "lean years" in state appropriations. From 1957 through 1963 the state consistently trimmed the University's requests for in- creases in operating appropriations by more than 60 per cent. 'Lean Years' Thus, the University during these years has had to function under budgets which administrators considered insufficient. The belt tightening necessitated by the "lean-years" prevented the University from implementing desired 'increases in faculty and staff salaries. University officials believe that the relative drop in the salary level here has not severely affected the quality of the faculty. However, they caution that in the long run this quality could be damaged if wages at the University continue to lose ground in comparison with the nation's other leading institutions. Literary College Dean Charles Lehmann of the education school commented that so far the most noticeable effect of the salary problem has occurred in the literary college, where an ever increasing number of classes are being taught by teaching fellows rather than by full-time members of the faculty. This is indicative of two recent trends, Lehmann said. First, a large percentage of those added to the school's teaching staff in recent years have been graduate students serving as teaching assistants. This can be attributed in part to the fact that the University has not had the financial means to continue supporting the same high percentage of full-time faculty members, he said. Reduce Teaching Load Secondly, although the number of full-time teachers has not declined, the magnitude of their teaching load has been reduced in recent years, Lehmann said. This effect, has been indirectly influenced by the relative decline in salaries here. Prof. James Doi of the education school suggested that the University has given its faculty members expanded opportunities for individual work in order to compensate for lagging salary increases. Last year, when the state cut the University's requested ap- propriation increase by approximately one third, the portion earmarked for salary increases was only slightly affected. Ad- ministrators have declined to speculate whether this high priority would continue if the fund request for next year's operations is trimmed in Lansing. Double Purpose W eakens Board, By LEONARD PRATT The vague status of the newly-elected State Board of Education stems from two conflicting tendencies at the 1962 Constitutional Con- vention, according to University Executive Vice-President Marvin L. Niehuss. The first tendency was a desire to coordinate Michigan's educa- tion. The second was a desire to keep the state's universities and colleges separate from the executive branch of the state. The com- bination of the two divergent responsibilities is largely responsible for the current vague picture, Niehuss said. Those dissatisfied with Michigan's education felt that the com- petition stemming from the college's independent status can be detrimental to education. So they believed a cutback in the autonomy of the state's colleges was in order. College Autonomy But the group favoring coordination was counterbalanced by a bloc believing that the high quality of Michigan's education is directly related to the autonomy of her colleges. The synthesis of the two ideas created the board but also placed restrictions on its spheres of control, Niehuss explained. 'Coordination Bloc' Representing the "coordination bloc" in the present setup is the clause in the board's constitution charging the board with "leader- ship and general supervision over all public education . . . except as to institutions of higher education granting baccalaureate degrees," and with being "the general planning and coordinating body for all public education, including higher education. In addition, the board shall advise the Legislature as to the financial requirements in connection therewith." Couched in such general terms as "advise" in regard to the schools' financial needs, the constitution puts the board on a vague footing, Niehuss said. This vagueness is increased even more con- sidering-the-mh-i- which the- Y L Si1t igan Seventy-Four Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXV, No. 101 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, 24 JANUARY 1965 SEVEN CENTS SIX PAGES 'Stay-In,' Boycott al s At Two Local Theatres' REFORMS FOR AGED: State Begins Study Of Tax Relief Plan By THOMAS R. COPII Gov. George Romney's Study Commission on Property Tax Relief for the Aging, a committee appointed to investigate methods for easing the property tax burden on Michigan's elderly citizens, held its first meeting Friday. According to Prof. Robin Barlow of the economics department, there was "no discussion of the issue" at the meeting, but the group Groups Hold Second Night Of Protests Students Demonstrate Against Recent Price Increase for Tickets By MICHAEL JULIAR Efforts by three student orga- nizations to hold a "stay-In" and boycott at the Michigan Theatre last night collapsed. An estimated 200 students held a "stay-in" after the 6:30 p.m. show ended to protest the recent admission price increase at the three local movie theatres. The boycott of the 9 p.m. show failed as- the theatre filled up for the performance. Picket State Theatre The pickets also marched in front of the State Theatre, ask- ing for a complete boycott. Charles Herbert, manager of the theatre, said that he was surprised at the "good" turnout. The Campus Theatre was not picketed. All three Ann Arbor theatres are own- ed by Butterfield. The three organizations,' Voice Political Party, the Young Demo- crats and the Independent Social- ist Club, picketed outside the the- atres in cold, snow and slush for several hours." SGC Action The attempted "stay-in" and boycott followed a similar dem- Dnstration Friday evening that was more successful. More than 600 participated in the "stay-in." The Friday protest had been urg- ed by Student Government Council and had the support of many student organizations, including the ones that picketed last night. SGC had called the "stay-in" for Friday evening to demonstrate student support for a meeting between SGC and Butterfield rep- resentatives in Detroit scheduled for tomorrow. Not Enough Support The groups that demonstrated last night said they felt SGC had not gone far enough to rally stu- dent support to convince Butter- field of student sentiment against the price rise. SGC President Douglas Brook; '65, and Council Member Thomas Smithson, '65, will represent the students at the Detroit meeting. Several student leaders do not ex- pect Butterfield to lower its ticket prices. They only expect Butter- field representatives to clarify their reasons for the price rise. No Chance Gerald Hoag, manager of the Michigan Theatre, said Friday night that he saw no chance of the prices being lowered. If prices remain the same after the meeting, SGC is expected to take further action at its regular Wednesday meeting. General admission prices were raised over Christmas recess at the three Ann Arbor theatres from $1 to $1.25. Interested Observers The protests both nights were t z;:::,: . .. - p - . -'9 _^2 t>' - ;' 9 - ::x: '-. lii: ' ' ' decided how to attack the prob- lem and "set up research chan- nels." Barlow attended the meeting as a substitute for economics Prof. Harvey Brazer who was appointed to the commission by Romney but was unable to attend the group's opening meeting. Brazer is not a stranger to tax studies, as he assisted in the drafting of Presi- dent John F. Kennedy's 1963 tax reform progyam. The commission set a tentative completion date before the end of the present legislative session. Romney -has asked the group to try to finish its work in time for action by the present session, but said in his state of the state address that if this were not pos- sible he would call a special ses- sion of the legislature to consider the commission's findings. The commission met shortly with the governor Friday, and also with representatives from the gov- ernor's Commission on Aging and the State Welfare Department, who will supervise the research done for the tax relief group. The group will also seek inf or- mation from the State Tax Com- mission, a federal study on the problem, an as yet unpublished California report and the exper- ience of other states which have taken steps in this area. Property tax relief for the elder- ly, one of the major goals of the Democratic legislative majority, came up in the special tax reform session of 1963, when Romney tried to get a property tax ex- emption for senior citizens. But a provision calling for payment of the exempted taxes out of the estate of the elderly citizen after his death, resulted in the bill's failure. Distribute Formns on Evaluation By SHIRLEY ROSICK Students in University housing units yesterday began filling out questionnaires evaluating their courses and professors. A coordinating committee with representatives from eight major student groups will publish the results in a course " description booklet. They hope to have the booklet out before Feb. 22, when preregistration begins. It will be included as a special supplement in The Daily. To reach students in off-campus housing, questionnaires will be available at tables set up in the Union, League, fishbowl and Un- dergraduate Library. The ques- tionnaires must be turned in by Thursday, Jan. 28. One part' of the questionnaire is devoted to multiple choice and short answer questions. Here stu- dents are asked such things as: whether the course stimulates in-- terest; whether the instructor en- courages or discourages class dis- cussion; whether outside readings contribute to understanding the course and whether the course follows a highly rigid syllabus or allows students a choice between a number of suggested readings. This portion of the questionnaire will be evaluated by members of the organizations publishing the booklet.. The questionnaire also asks stu- dents to comment with longer answers on the general aspects of courses and on the coordination between lectures, recitations and text assignments. These answers will be evaluated by a group of juniors and seniors. Each will evaluate forms on courses from his major area of study, but not on courses he has taken. The booklet committee hopes to obtain these upperclassmen with the help of the Literary College Steering Committee and similar student committees from the Uni- versity's other schools. sidering the emphasis which the+ constitution places on institutional autonomy, he added. For example, the constitution also states : "The power of the boards of institutions of higher education provided in this con- stitution shall not be limited by this section." New Constitution under the old constitution, the Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion was charged with the general supervision of state education. The new constitution removes institutions of higher education from under the jurisdiction of the Board of Education which has re- placed the superintendent. "It is clear," Niehuss noted, "that the planning powers of the board were seen as most impor- tant while at the same time recog- nizing the need to protect the powers of the individual boards of control." Unified Budget Request Several members of the board have recently commented that they would be in favor of having the state colleges request their annual operations' budgets from the legislature in some unified form. Institutional autonomy is regarded by many as the issue here as well. As far as most administrators are concerned, the principle issue is not whether autonomy is desir- able but how much a unified re- quest would cut into their inde- pendence. Niehuss said he would be "pleased to see" a plan which would allow the ten state-support- ed colleges to get together among themselves and prepare an over- all budget whichrwould then be turned over to the board for its recommendations to the governor. He noted that the Board of State College Presidents, a group com- posed of the chief executives of the state-supported colleges, was working on such a plan. As an alternate to this idea, Niehuss felt the University could submit its own budget directly to the board for recommendation to Gov. George Romney. The key to either proposal, echoed by many Michigan col- lege administrators, is the fact the individual colleges could still lobby directly with the governor and legislature if they disagreed with what the board recommend- ed. Under this interpretation, budget lobbying, the bane of many an administrator, would not at first sight be eliminated. -Daily-Richard Cooper PATRONS OF THE MICHIGAN THEATRE mill outside as they leave "Mary Poppins" or wait to get in. Meanwhile, student picketers protest the recent admission increase at the three local theatres. A "stay-in" and boycott failed last night. Plans Revealed, for Student Activities Recognition Night By GAIL BLUMBERG Plans for a student activities recognition night on March 2 were disclosed yesterday by Nancy Freitag, '65, Women's League president. "The program," Miss Freitag said, "is a new effort to coordinate activities on campus." It will be highlighted by the announcement of various executive appointments to the University Activities Center (the joint Michigan Union-League " organization to be formed this JAZZ FOOD, EVE spring), Interquadrangle Council, L lenic Association and tentatively, 'Bd t Interfraternity Council. r PROF. ROBIN BARLOW Churchill Now Nearing Death LONDON (P) - Sir Winston Churchill's condition took a turn for the worse yesterday and a medical spokesman said "I think he must be moving towards the end. Lord Moran, Churchill's friend and physician, said "the deteriora- tion in Sir Winston's condition is more marked." It is known that a large quan- tity of medical equipment has been installed in the Churchill home. AMBASSADOR B. K. NEHRU Nehru Calls For Peace By MICHAEL HEFFER "We have become neighbors whether we like it or not, and can no longer live in isolation," B. K. Nehru, Indian ambassador to the United States said last night. Nehru spoke at the inaugura- tion of the newly created Indo- A m e r i c a n Sports Association (IASA) at Rackham Aud. The or- ganization seeks to promote inter- national good will through sports and other cultural activities be- tween the United States and India. "If we are to live peaceably" we must have cooperation, he said. The aim of international coopers- tion is to give citizens "the oppor- tunity to live good lives of justice, peace and .prosperity. Dynamic Peace "Peace is not only the absence of war but something powerful and dynamic," he said. If we want peace we must "destroy the ele- ments that again and again de- stroy peace," he noted. Nehru felt that hunger is the greatest element against peace. He said people on "over two-thirds of the globe" live in hunger and pov- erty. "The economic needs of these people are not satisfied be- cause their societies are not or- ganized to meet their needs." Element of Colonialism Another such an element is colonialism. "When you have one group forceably living over an- other you have a powder keg,"' he said. "India was the first to be- come free in that part, of the world," said Nehru. Since then colonialism has been on the wane. However, o n c e this factor against peace is eliminated, "there remains the establishment of jus- tice and change without force," he noted. "Since the United Na- tions has outlawed the use of force, there is nothing left to change the status quo," he said. This is because "human society has not yet discovered the means to make change without using force," he concluded. Government Action "The function of those interest- ed in peace is to see that this is changed," he said. Nehru noted that most people, when they think of international cooperation think of government action, but "real cooperation goes on through ac- tivities of multitudes of free men and societies. "These are activities that lead to cooperation. The function of groups unconnected with govern- ments is to carry on this work," he added. Nehru pointed to the )N COLOR:- minded' Terry Says He Loves Them All Special Event Formerly, recognition night wasi for women's activities sponsored by Panhellenic, Assembly, the League, and the Women's Athletic Association. With the expected merger of the Union-League, how- ever, a special, coordinated type of event was sought. The first University Activities' Center appointments will be made on Feb. 25, while other participat- ing activities will make their ap- pointments prior to recognition night. The evening will include the joint announcement of the new senior officers by the Union Board of Directors and the League~ Board of Governors. Four Awards Vice-President for Student Af- fairs Richard Cutler will be asked to speak on activities and their relation to the University. The five major activities will have ten minutes each to introduce old and new oficers. In addition, four ac- "I'm broadminded-about everything; jazz, food and even color," Clark Terry said. The jazz trumpeter who appeared with Oscar Peterson last night at Hill smiled his perpetual smile. What about the "new music," avant-garde jazz whose pro- ponents include the controversial Ornette Coleman and his plastic saxophone (he played it to rave notices in New York recently), and the late Eric Dolphy who liked to think of his style of jazz as "the sounds of outer space." "I'm broadminded," Terry repeated, "I love them all." Peterson Differs "Don't call it 'avant-garde'," he insisted. "It's just transient music, a passing fad like the Beatles. The music and the men who play it are both basically insincere." "When I think of music, I don't think in terms of new or old. I think in terms of good or bad, and this 'avant-garde' music is bad," he emphasized. 'Instinct' in Jazz Peterson spoke of the necessity for "instinct" in jazz musicians and praised his sidemen, bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen, for having this quality. While Ella Fitzgerald sang everybody's favorite Mack the Knife) with the backing of a "grand old man of jazz," trumpeter Roy Eldridge, Peterson sounded off backstage about Charlie Mingus -another young turk in the jazz world. W Y'.