Charting Course of the 'U'in the Computer Age By ROBERT JOHNSTON Vice-President for Research A. Geoffrey Norman announced yesterday the appointment of a continuing "Committee on Com- puter Policies." The committee will act in an advisory capacity to the administration in formulating and implementing policies for the mushrooming fields of computer technology and computer use at the University. Members of the committee are Professors Donald L. Katz (chairman) of the chemical and metallurgical engineering de- partment; Stanford C. Ericksen, director of the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching; Fred T. Haddock, director of the Radio Astronomy Observatory; John A, Jacquez of the Medical School and School of Public Health; J. Lawrence Oncley, director of the Biophysics Research Division of the Institute of Science and Technology; Gordon E. Peterson, director of the Communication Science Laboratory; John F. Riordan, head of the Computation Laboratory of IST; Norman R. Scott of the electrical engineering department; Stanley E. Seashore, assistant director of the Institute for Social Research; William R. Uttal of the psychology department; Frederick H. Wagman, library director; Franklin H. Westervelt, director of the mechanical engineering computer center; and Robert C. F. Bartels, director of the University Computing Center. Intent of Report Norman said yesterday that he expects the committee, which will report to him, to aid in effecting the general intent of the "Report on Machine Computation at the University." That report was completed late last year by an ad hoc advisory committee chaired by Katz. The report laid great stress on the need . for "enlarging very substantially the scale of the University's computer-related activities." It stated, "An enlargement of at least fourfold is needed within four years to meet the presently known and firm needs of students and faculty." It further emphasized that "A major new effort is required in real-time on-line computing techniques and in adaptive system techniques-areas in which the University is now seriously deficient and handicapped." Time-Shared System At present, the Computing Center handles all its work by means of "batch processing," where programs are run through the IBM 7090 in sequence. The report states that new equipment should be able to operate as an "efficient time-shared computer system." This would "make the computer simultaneously available to many users via multiple consoles." Such consoles could be installed in many locations on campus-or at Willow Run, Dear- born or Flint. "The user, can, with such a system, communicate with almost the total capacity of the computer efficiently and freely at his own pace. In addition to improving the users' efficiency in conventional programming by orders of magnitude, several of the unconventional uses and new applications of the computer are made possible with a time-sharing system." The computer facility that the committee envisioned in the report would be able to "service a large number of different on- line processing units, all doing different things at the same time." This type of operation is known as "real time" computing. The computer is able to communicate with the user as the program is being run. This allows efficient "debugging" of programs, the simulation of commercial processes in the classroom, or the use of the computer as an automatic tutor which can follow one of a series of prescribed programs with the student, depending on the student's progress. In Project MAC at MIT a single computer can handle 36 typewriters at a time in this way, and a new system is being deyeloped to use 140 remote consoles simultaneously. From July 1963 to May 1964 the large IBM 7090 was used most heavily by the engineering college (accounting for 1272 hours of computer time). The literary college followed with 643, the Mental Health Research Institute with 99 and the Institute of Science and Technology with 89. Other principal users were the business, administration school, the Communications science Program, the Office of Research Administration, the public health school, the Medical School and the education school. In the first semester of 1964-65, 1533.students in 63 courses were involved in computer activity and 108 students were working on theses utilizing computer processing. Early Interest Much of the student activity in computer usage stems from an early interest in computer education on the part of the engineering college faculty. In 1958 an informal committee was set up in that college to study the problem of integrating com- puter use into engineering education. See APPOINT, Page 2 THE UNPLANNED SUMMER SESSION See Editorial Page . Y £it luaui 4 A6F 43atty v - .. SNOW AND COLDER High--25 Low-15 Variable cloudiness, with snow flurries Seventy-Four Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXV, No. 118 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 1965 SEVEN CENTS SIX PAGES U' Must Train Professors DEBATE COMMENDATION: Lane Asks $300,000 For Flint Expansion U Thant Calls for Viet EDITOR'S NOTE: The follow- ing article is the third in a se- ries exploring the implications of a long-range growth report issued Monday by the executive committee of the literary col- lege. By LAUREN BAHR The training of college and university teachers for the in- creasing number of students who will be attending such in- stitutions in the near future is one of the important services that the University must pro- vide. The institution of a profes- sional program to train teach- ers under the auspices of the literary college is one of the proposals raised in a report on literary college growth releas- ed Monday by the executive committee of the literary col- .ege and approved in a vote by the faculty the same night. Active Role Such a program would en- able the University to take an active role in the emerging plans for statewide education by providing the needed fac- ilty for Michigan's institutions of higher education, the report states. The program described in the report takes the form of a two- year Master of Arts in College Teaching, with a heavier em- phasis on course content and on a teaching apprenticeship than now characterizes most Ph.D. programs. The training of college teach- ers has not usually been label- led as professional training ei- ther by the faculty or by graduate students, but it should be, the report emphasizes. Profession "College and university teach- ing is a profession, and most members of this profession qualify for their life work in graduate programs in one of our major universities," the re- port states. WILLIAM W. JELLEMA The failure to call college teaching a profession can be at- tributed to two major causes. First is the desire on the part of the literary college faculty members to disassociate them- selves from schools of educa- tion and professionalism associ- ated with the preparation and certification of public school teachers. Second, it is a function of the common assumption that the scholarly program leading to a Ph.D. degree represents ade- quate preparation for college teaching. Ph.D. Myth "As long as we perpetuate the myth that the Ph.D. is the only criterion for college , teaching, we will continue to prepare less adequately than we might, those who will enter college teaching with less than a Ph.D.," Director of the Michi- gan Scholars in College Teach- ing Program William W. Jelle- ma said. The exact format of the pro- posed program to be instituted has not as yet been decided upon according to Dean Wil- liam Haber of the literary col- lege. Even though the report states that it will be a type of masters program, Haber said this too might be changed once the idea is thoroughly research- ed. The idea of training students for college teaching is not new at the University, Jellema said. Draw Attention Along with the University, five other colleges in the state- Albion College, Alma College, Calvin College, Hope College and Kalamazoo College parti- cipate in the Michigan Schol- ars in College Teaching Pro- gram. The program is aimed at calling attention to college teaching while a student is an undergraduate, Jellema ex- plained. "The choice of college teach- ing as a career seems to be a rather haphazard thing," Jelle- ma continued. "What is needed is recognizing qualified students early in their academic career and introducing them to the concept of college teaching as a profession." This is exactly what the program is attempt- ing to do, he emphasized. "The program has clicked well at the other five colleges, but it has not succeeded too well at the University," Jellema ex- plained. More Serious "For, this kind of program to click at the University, the Uni- versity has to take teaching ser- iously," Jellema said. "If the preferred position at the University is one that does not include teaching we cannot recruit our ablest students to go into college teaching," he ex- plained. "At the smaller colleges these students do see teaching and the ablest people doing the teaching at the undergraduate level," Jellema said. senior level courses at Flint and plans to admit a freshman class of 200 ixi the fall.! Commendation A Senate resolution, commend- ing Flint phlanthropist Charles S. Mott for his $2.4 million gift to the University for construction of the expanded Flint college, was amended by the House to exclude the words "a four year institu- tion." Legislators apparently felt the inclusion of this phrase would amount to an endorsement of the four-year college, over objections by Romney and many state edu- cators. Thursday's Appropriations Com- mittee was called to give support- ers of the Flint college program an opportunity to state their case. Admit Freshmen President Harlan Hatcher said the University will admit a fresh- man class in the fall, despite the governor's opposing position. Flint College Dean David M. French said the expansion would necessitate about $237,000 in op- erating funds and $70,000 for ad- ditional equipment. The donation from the Mott Foundation meets building needs of the new pro- gram. Leading the fight to change the wording of the commendation for Mott's contribution, House Min- ority Leader Robert Waldron (R- Grosse Pointe) said the original wording of the proposal was "equivalent to a policy decision" on University expansion., Conflict This would lead the Legislature ,into conflict with the State Board of Education which has been charged with studying state-wide educational needs and coordinat- ing state college expansion, Wal- dron said. A' vl Ucm cur ua1 u Occ 1 tcitc rr "1 Vital Airfield From Attack Five Saboteurs Killed At Edge of Perimeter DA NANG, Viet Nam (P)- U.S. and South Vietnamese forces are on guard to counter any Com- munist attempt to blast Da Nang, the strategic base from which two major air strikes were launched this week against North Viet Nam. Vietnamese airmen and rangers killed five Viet Cong and captured 10 in a joint operation yesterday against guerrillas who had dug in just outside the Da Nang special sector boundary. Military sources said intelligence clearly shows Da Nang is a po- tential target for Viet Cong mor- tar crews, such as those which blasted Bien Hoa Nov. 1 and Pleiku last Sunday with a high toll in American lives and air- craft. But high level statements exude confidence that the base, 80 miles south of the border, could stave off attacks by land, sea or air. Supersonic U.S. Air Force F102 jet fighters, a U.S. marine battery of Hawk anti-aircraft missiles, coupled with a complex radar sys- tem and hundreds of American soldiers and marines are preserv- ing a constant vigil. Despite the elaborate precau- tions, some U.S. sources are far from ready to call the base im- pregnable. "The Viet Cong have proved terrifically resourceful in the past," one American said. "If they really want this base and are will- ing to pay the price, they no doubt can make it." The price, in addition to com- bat losses, clearly could be further retaliation on North Viet Nam, which trains, supplies and master- minds the Viet Cong. SPRING CAMPAIGN: SGC Election Registration Terminates Conference; Security University expansion of its Flint branch sparked controversy W Thursday in the state Legislature. Senate Appropriations Chairman Garland Lane (D-Flint) said he will request a $300,000 allocation to enable the University to expand the branch to include -freshmen next fall and sophomores in 1966. h eeda a Gov. George Romney's budget message to the Legislature, deliver- ed Feb. 2, did not include the University's operation request to open Flint's lower two years. The University presently offers junior and !it .<<,. StN. GARLAND LANE Defer Vote on WCBN Planj The decision regarding a propos- ed $44,000 WCBN expansion has been deferred for one to two weeks pending consultation between Vice-President for Business and Finance Wilbur Pierpont and Vice-President for Student Af- fairs Richard L. Cutler. The administrators will exam- ine all aspects of the plan, which asks for a $25,000 loan from the University to help finance the ex- pansion in the basement of the Student Activities Building. Plans for the new station in- clude 17-man newsroom, produc.. tion control room, master con- trol room, studio production room, combo room, record and equipment rooms, business and reception of- fices, and executive offices. By JUDITH WARREN Petitioning and registration for all offices to be filled in the spring elections, with the excep- tion of the University delegation to the United States National Stu- dents Association, closed yester- day. Under the new election rules, Propose Draft Policy Change collegiate Press Service A resolution proposing that the draft be replaced by a voluntary system "if national security can be fully maintained" will be pre- sented to Congress by Sen. Gay- lord Nelson (D-Wis). Nelson said Defense Department representatives had confirmed his conclusion that the draft can be safely ended as long as the cost of added incentives for enlistment is taken into account. Nelson's resolution will be the boldest congressional action thus far in the drive to replace the students will vote in the all-cam- pus election for the president and executive vice-president of Stu- dent Government Council. Gary Cunningham, '66, now executive vice-president of SGC, is running for president. Nancy Frietag, '65, now president of the Women's League, is running for executive vice-president. Robert Golden, '67, will oppose Cunningham in the race for the presidency and Ellen Buchalter, '67, will oppose Miss Frietag for executive vice-president. Twenty-one students will run for the nine seats on SGC up for election. They are Donna' Ad- ler, '68; John Bookston, '68; Pau- la Cameron, '67; Stephen Daniels, '67; Mickey Eisenberg, '67; George Field, '67; Richard Gentry, '66; Larry Hauptman, '67, and Neill Hollenshead, '67. Also running are Randall Jones, '68; Russell Linden, '68; Chris- topher Mansfield, '66; Susan Ness, '68; Paul Pavlik, '66; Donald Res- nick, '68; Steven Schwartz, '68; David Sloan, '67; Myles Stern, '66; Harvey Wasserman, '67; John Winder, '66, and Kenneth Zuck- erman, '68. Thomas Weinberg, '66, will re- main on the board for another year. Danny Glickman, '66, and Her- bert Linn, '66, are running for president of the senior class of the Literary College. No one is running for vice-president or secretary-treasurer. George Clark, '66 Bus. Ad., and Alan Gelband, '66 Bus. Ad., are running for president of the sen- ior class of the School of Busi- ness Administration. T h o m a s Sherman, '66 Bus. Ad., and Rob- ert Sandelman, '66 Bus. Ad., are running for vice-president. Rich- ard Berman, '66 Bus. Ad., is run- ning for secretary-treasurer. James Tann, '65E, and Louis LaChance, '66E, are running for president of the senior class of the Engineering School. Edward Carter, '66E, and Stanford Wein- stein, '66E, are running for vice- president. Robert Malte, '66E, is running for secretary-treasurer. Petitioning for the NSA dele- gation will be open until Monday at 5 p.m. in Rm. 1532 SAB. Daily Editor H. Neil Berkson, '65, Presi- dent of the University of Michi- gan Student Employes Union Bar- Before House opposition arose, the bill, proposed by Lane, won unanimous approval in the Sen- ate as well as in the House Policy Committee. Lane said Thursday's Senate approval' of the wording change "means nothing, it was just to go along with the House." SECRETARY-GENERAL THANT Aid Grant for Willow Village M~iisinterpreted Prof. Charles M. Rehmus of the political science department and co-director of the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations at the University, said yesterday, that, "The real purpose of the demonstration grant from the Of- fice of Economic Opportunity to aid the residents of Willow Vil- lage has become obscured." Previously, residents of the vil- lage had charged that the grant, recommended by the University group, was made on the basis of "misrepresentations" and "falsifi- cation" of the facts. Errors of Detail While admitting that, "Some errors of detail in describing the physical elements and population statistics of the area did occur," Rehmus added that, "None of these errors was fundamental to the final project application." The Willow Run Association for Neighborhood Development (WR- AND) had initiated self-help plans long before the OEO program was conceived and it was WRAND's request for help to the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations that eventually resulted in OEO's grant to the community. Demonstration Area "Willow Village was accepted by OEO as a' demonstration area both because , of its past of general economic problems, and because of the present strength. and evi- dent self-help capacity of the lo- cal citizens," Rehmus said. He stressed that the Economic Opportunity Act and the program for its implementation "is con- cerned with finding ways of in-, creasing opportunity," and "is not simply another welfare program." Allowing that Willow Village is not an area of "dire destitution,",1 Rehmus did deny, however, its having "stable and permanent property." Of Geneva Settlement U.S. Considers Few Diplomatic Prospects For Quick Solution UNITED NATIONS (I)-Secre- tary-General U Thant called yes- terday for preliminary peace talks on Viet Nam-a proposal that has already found some international support. Thant urged talks among the principle parties to take the dis- put "away from the field of battle to the conference table." Thant's proposal for talks to prepare the ground for formal negotiations was contained in an appeal to all countries involved to refrain from any new actions "which may lead to an escalation of the present conflict." Grave Threat In a statement to the press at U.N. headquarters Thant said he feared escalation could lead to a situation which "would obviously pose the gravest threat to the peace of the world." The secretary - general recalled that he told a news conference in. Paris last July that he did not believe a solution could be reached by military methods, and that the only way to peace was through political and diplomatic negotia- tions. He said at the time this would mean a. renewal of the 1954 Geneva conference at which French Indochina was split into Viet Nam, Cambodia and Laos. Security Council He said he was aware of his authority under the U.N. charter to call a Security Council meeting on Viet Nam, but that he was aware also that there were many difficulties in the way of attempt- ing a U.N.,solution because some of the principal parties concerned were not represented at the United Nations. This was a reference to both North Viet Nam and Communist China, which in addition to being outside the U.N. membership have rejected any U.N. role in seeking a solution. Both French President Charles de Gaulle and Indian Premier Lal Bahadur Shastri have called for a return to the Geneva conference table. Just before issuing his state- ment to the press Thant conferred for a second time in two days on the Vietnamese problem with French ambassador Roger Sey- doux, February president of the Security Council. U.S. View Meanwhile, with p r e s s u r e mounting, U.S. sources said they see no immediate prospects for a diplomatic solution. The appeal by Thant drew no comment from the White House or the State Department. "phaves n psr t 'nn M it+r 11 I _______________WtAM..