.w THE LANSING BALLET See Editorial Page YI [ e lflfr i Aau 44 &Or 471a t FAIR High-15 Low-5 Continued cold through tonight, warming tomorrow Seventy-Four Years of Editorial Freedom VOL.'LXXV, No. 110 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, 4 FEBRUARY 1965 SEVEN CENTS ROMNBUDGREMMEDA SIX PAGES TIO THREATENS 'U' UALITY-HATCHER *. * * * * * * * * "* * " rP ff icials, Students Act To Avoid CrowdTin To Leas L 1 U' lT a tr u By LESLEY FiNKELMAN The Office of Residence Halls, Assembly House Council, and Inter-Quadrangle Council are working to prevent another overcrowd- ing crisis in the fall of 1965 comparable to the one experienced during the last fall semester. The steps being taken to avoid crowded conditions and unhappy 4 students involve warning students of housing conditions when they apply so that they will be prepared to meet living arrangements and assessing residence hall rooms to find each room's capacity. "Last spring the investigation of room conditions originated when it became obvious that the number of students to arrive in the fall might be greater than what the University was at that time prepared for," Director of Residence Halls Eugene Haun said yesterday. "The first action occurred last spring when the only graduate * students allowed to apply for quad residence in the fall were those boys already residing in'Tyler and Prescott houses, and they had to apply to their respective houses," Haun said. "This allowed space for approximately 175 freshmen," Haun said. "In the spring we were told to expect a total of 3,975 new stu- dents by fall, but 4,129 freshmen, plus transfers, entered," he said. Coping with Excess Residence units Alice Lloyd, Mosher, Jordan, Stockwell, Couzens; and East, West, and South Quads doubled up to house the surplus ,rstudents. Tuition Hike FOught On Manitoba Camp__us By CLARENCE FANTO More than 1200 students at the University of Manitoba, Canada, staged a demonstration in downtown Winnipeg recently protesting a $75 a year across-the-board tuition increase. The students marched to the provincial legislature building carry- ing placards demanding that the sudden fee increase be rescinded. But the legislature announced that it could not afford additional funds for the university and that the tuition raise must take effect immediately. The yearly tuition w GOP Move. Stuns Dens ALBANY ()-Republicans mov- ed suddenly . yesterday to break open the deadlocked Democraticf fight over leadership of the New York State Legislature by throw- ing their votes to Sen. Joseph. Zaretzki (D-Manhattan).1 Although the GOP had threat- ened to intervene, the move, be-t lieved unprecedented, caught thet strife-torn Democratic majority by surprise. The stunned Demo- crats retreated swiftly behindf closed doors to try to hammer outg an agreement among themselves.s The prospect of similar Repub-s lican intervention in the Assembly was uncertain. Speculation was that Zaretzki would emerge as the Democrats's choice for temporary president p (majority leader) of the Senate, although neither of the rival fac- c tions was supporting him in thea latest rounds of balloting.G Zaretzki, Democratic minority leader for eight years, is a strong ally of New York's Mayor Robertf F. Wagner, and his election woulda represent a stunning victory for Wagner in the power struggle. it 'ill now range from $375 to $575 at the various campuses of the school. The university is a shared oper- ation between the Canadian fed- eral government, the Manitoban provincial government and the students. In late November, the univer- sity's president suggested that a $50-$100 fee increase was being considered. On Dec. 2, the presi- dent of the university's Student Union announced a policy of "freeze the fees" until the prob- lem of student finances is studied. At the same time, the Canadian Union of Students, a powerful na- tional organization, condemned the imminent fee rise. In mid-January, the Student Union began to prepare a brief for presentation to the provincial government asking for a grant sufficient to eliminate the neces- sity for a fee increase. On Jan. 25, shortly after mid- night, the executive board of the Student Union decided to call a student strike and a rally at the provincial legislature building. The students were asked to boy- cott classes for an afternoon to attend the rally. At least 20 per cent of the students participated in the boycott and rally. Although the students have failed to achieve their objective of forestallingvthe tuition hike, they are planning further appeals to the provincial legislature. To accommodate students, 302 rooms .were converted. The total satisfied with their housing. capacity determined before last fall for men's units was 324. When Because some rooms were rapidly converted which shouldn't have men were moved from temporary housing, 20 singles became doubles been, other rooms better suited for conversion were not doubled. The Says Cutbacks E and 115 doubles were triples. The total capacity for women's units residence halls office decided to try to be more efficient in handling was 3843 with 54 'singles converted to doubles and 113 doubles made the situation for fall of 1965, Haun said. G raduate-Frofess into triples. Last September the office created an investigation committee, At the beginning of this winter semester there was an undeter- made up of Leonard Schaadt, the business manager of residence By DAVID mined number of bed vacancies. Those students now living in con- halls, and the business manager and director of each housing unit. verted rooms have chosen to do so. The committee set out to determine in advancer what spaces are University President Harla In September AHC formed a crowding committee composed of available to meet conditions which the office feels sure will come about serious concern over Gov. Ge President Maxine Loomis, AHC housing chairman, and the presidents in August, Haun said. University budget for next yea of overcrowded dorms to investigate dissatisfaction among women in The committee hasn't yet determined which rooms are the best case to the Legislature. converted rooms, Miss Loomis said. Its conclusion was that even ones to be converted, but it has found which rooms are available for "This recommendation though students were adjusting to cramped conditions, they weren't conversion.h pre mendtof... - - y- A- "Since rooms have been classified as to how many members they o presn and future of ai >. :can house, an upperclassman is assured that the room he chooses adsau fteUiest, 7 , +by April 1 to occupy in the fall of 1965 will not contain more people statement. While commending t than he now bargains for," Haun said. er education budget as: whole North Campus phone interview that the Unive I"Altogether the office is expecting 4600 students to be admitted increase in funds (compared to this fall. Of this number, 4200 will be on the Ann Arbor campus, and all 10 state schools and college. the others at Flint and Dearborn extensions," Haun added. "We are at the graduate-professional. preparing for more than the Ann Arbor number." level and would disrupt year- In an overcrowding report released last October, IQC proposed round operations plans.