PLANNING BETTER CONVOCATIONS See Editorial Page (Z r t11 :43 a t ly LIGHT RAIN High-40 Low-25 Chance of snow in morning turning to rain in afternoon Seventy-Four Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXV, No. 155 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, 1 APRIL 1965 SEVEN CENTS EIGHT PAGES Faculty Adverse To Appeal Prefer No Second Guess on Grades By MARCY PELLY "Freedom to teach and freedom to learn are indivisible. Freedom to learn depends upon appropriate conditions and opportunities in the classroom, as well as oppor- ;unities to exercise the rights of citizenship on and off the cam- pus." This is the opening of the American Association of Univer- sity Professors' policy draft on student academic freedom. Review of Grade Disputes The first specific point of thej draft under discussion at theUni- versity chapter meeting-last nightI Discover n ra Strike Paralyzes 'orm of Pan Am Airlines RNA Acid Research Yields New Techniques By CAROL GODOSHIAN Pilots' Decision To Walkout Based On Fewer Work Hours Demands NEW YORK (/P)-Pan American Airways pilots struck last night in a work contract dispute, crippling all but government-leased operations of America's largest overseas air carrier. VARIETY TO HIGHLIGHT MUSIC SEASON was the statement "The faculty should establish an orderly pro- From left to right are shown Rudolph Serkin, pianist; Jean Martinon, conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Phyllis Curtin,E cedure whereby student allega- soprano of the Metropolitan Opera; and George Saell, condictor of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, who will all be part of the tions of prejudice or error in the 1965-66 Choral Union Series, Extra Series and Chamber Arts Series. The three series, under the sponsorship of the University Musical awarding of grades or the evalua- Society, will feature six major symphony orchestras, piano, violin and operatic recitals, two classical ballet and one ethnic dance pro- ion of progress toward a degree gram, a chorus, three operas, and a variety of instrumental ensembels from six countries. Season ticket orders or single concert academic authority." requests may be made at the Musical Society offices in Burton Memorial Tower. Panelist John J. ManningJr administrative assistant in the FREE SPEECH MOVEMENT: literary college Junior - Senior Counselling Office, explained that' "the general position of the col-Aai atA B Df n e® lee is that the professor runs his awn ship" and that those who;. have any contact with students in an administrative way are relu - By DICK WINGFIELD organization will work toward free ,versity. At present the organiza- the content of the publication was aant to get involved in grading speech and due process of law Ition can only express its wishes unbecoming of students and that disputes. The Free Speech Movement at when students face violations of by defending particular cases. he was arbitrarily exercising his. There was a great deal of ar- Berkeley has been informally dis- these rights," Miss Goldberg said. j power as chancellor. gument over the "implication" of solved as an activist organization, The "Spider" case, an outstand- the draft statement that a legal according to a prominent mem- One reason for the dissolving of ing example of the new organiza- The revised organization is now tribunal be established. Faculty ber of the organization. Suzanne the FSM, and for the group as- tion's defense efforts, resulted in working to preclude arbitrary members concurred with the view Goldberg said that the movement suming a defense function was a joint conference including Act- power of the administration by exits n deene cpaity (the December 8th resolution by1 ing Chancellor Meyerson, the pub-! including in the new universityI of Prof. John H. Romani of the now exists in a defense capacity. the the Academic Senate which fully lish f th "Spider," rules provisions for free speech public health school who said that The function of the movement supported the Free Speech Move- Professors Stampp and Searle and and due process of law. he would "bridle when someone now is to assure that due process ment and. seemed to indicate aP fese tornd Hoffman hands down statements that my of law Is obtained by all students change in sentiment toward the When asked why the publication When Acting Chancellor Meyer- judgment as a professor is to be accused of infractions of univer- objectives o i the movement, was baned Myerso saidat i son first reprimanded the people second-guessed by someone else." sity rules. The revised organiza- However, the Academic Senate was banned, Meyerson said that selling "Snider" he ordered them Grade-Consciousness tion will keep a particularly close has been frequently overruled by to cease and desist. He threaten- Kenneth Winter, '66, ex-Daily vigil on cases involving free speech the Regents and rather than , +ed that if they didn't they would managing editor, representing stu- and political activity, change in administrative policy, 33l1pp3ol 'LS be summarily suspended for 30 dent opinion on the panel, agreed The precise activities of the new the resolution actually constitutes days if they were students; if they with the faculty position for oth- movement will not be defined un- a degree of faculty support for UE QI-tamr j1 were not students, Meyerson de- er reasons. He felt that naccur- til the rules of the university are the ideals of the FSM, Miss Gold- 'dared that they were subject to ate grading is a crisis of great released regarding freedom of berg said. arrest. It was at this juncture that moment to a student, and that speech. However, the defense The resolution, a document de- Student Government Council, the members of the revised Free such a tribunal would increase function of the group has been signed entirely by faculty mem- passed a motion last night sup- , Speech Movement stepped in to grade-consciousness, expressed several times - notably bers, provides for: Porting the Univers'ty of Michi- appeal for the students' freedom The next issue created somewhat in the Spider case, a litigation in- -The content of speech not be- gan Student Employees Union call of speech.1 inth Sidrcaea iigtin n Te onet f pec nt e-1for a University statement on Ia oti edta h e of a controversy within the meet- volving individual students selling ing subject to regulation; mi ae It was to this end that the new ing. This was the draft's state- a publication allegedly "obscene." -The time, place and manner movement questioned Meyerson' ment on disclosure of the stu- Arbitrary Injunctions of political discussion being reg- They will send a letter to Uni- reasons for banning the publica- dent's record. Prof. Marvm Fel "At the present it is still possi- ulated only to prevent interfer- versity President Harlan Hatcher tion., helm of the English denartkment ble for the administration's Stu-|ence with the normal functions of requesting a statement on the Ad- Public Courts and another professor at the meet- dent Committee on Political Ac- ' the university. ministration's position. The motion Specifically, in this case, the or- ing advocatedadlat'policy to tivity to continue injunction with- Joint Conference was presented by Rachel Amado, release only the student s academ- out guaranteeing due process of The members of the old FSM '67, Stephen Daniels, '67, and ganization requested that hearings is tanscipt Accrdig toonebe postponed until they could be ic transcript. According to one law, as that committee did in the will work toward integrating these Mickey Eisenberg, '67. heard in public courts where citi- professor, It is the responsibility Spider case recently. The revised provisions in the rules of the uni- SOC also passed a motion con-i zenship rights are effective. In of an educational institution to ____ __--_enneeatso h ntd safeguard the freedom of the stu- crigdelegatesotd the Uni- ersity fo ns dent while he is here so that he 'I* . ttsNtoa tdnsAsca a person may be called to testify m ctwihutrcarne'othe Phoen x Pro ect Plagued by in Congress. The selection of may ac"ihu ocr oth n xjIeasmdagainst himself, while in public effect on his future career." will be ernteadlegteswil courts the defendant may not be Ra'sponibirity to Socoiety o rt by the Interviewing and Selection compelled to testify. On the other hand, Romanifelt1 nn a Committee.g that he was "not so sure that there tAll delegates to the 1965 con- In the "Spider" case the univer- is riot also a responsibility of ther I ference will be required to submit sity contended that the students instittiotsoeparbiularlyhea report concerning how the con- ' were guilty of poor conduct and institution to society, particularly By LYNN METZGER gress recommendations might be ' social immorality. In this matter where the student is being consid- ered for a professional position. In One of the most productive centers for research in the peaceful plans for campus activities, speech organization argued not this case, things beyond his aca- uses of nuclear energy, the University's Phoenix Project, may soon Additionally, the organization that the students were innocent demic record are significant." be entering a period of financial problems. for Moral Rearmament presented j necessarily; rather, they contend- The last issue that the meeting An original fund-raising drive for a nuclear research project, a film to Council. They will hold ed that the defendants should 'be dealt with fully was the question to serve as a memorial for the University's war dead, collected a conference this summer on allowed to plead their case upon of student freedoms of, "religion. $6 million, and in 1947 the Phoenix Project was created. In 1959 Mackinaw Island. the principle of freedom of speech. spethe right to petition the authori- another fund-raising drive was ties that citizens generally have," held which collected an additional INTEGRATIVE PRINCIPLE: both on and off campus. $4 million but the Phoenix Project Most faculty members felt that is now running into financial dif- the University has no special jur- ficulties. isdiction over student actions of Prof. William Kerr, acting head7gJlli# re S 1 campus. The issue of on campus of the Phoenix Project, explained lem. Manning introduced the House Foundation, offering grants By JULIE W. FITZGERALD problem of the Trigon fraternity and laboratory facilities to both case, in which he noted the "sin- University and non-Universityad In order for the student to gayn an integrative principle of gular disinvolvement" of faculty. researchers, experimenting in the himself in relation to his education, he must first take a long Winter Dissents peaceful uses of nuclear energy. look at himself and then take the time to become acquainted with " Winter disagreed with some fac- If a faculty researcher does not faculty members on a one-to-one basis. ulty members when he said that have sufficient funds to pay for Speaking yesterday in the Michigan League, John J. Manning, the University should close its eyes the use of the Project's equipment administrative assistant in the Literary College Junior-Senior Coun- to what goes on within organiza- they may use it free of charge. selling Office, gave the first in a series of "Last Chance Speeches" tions as far as the use of Univer- For this reason and also because sponsored by the University's Activities Center. sity facilities to advocate civil dis- independent grants are given by obedience. the Phoenix Project the $10 mil- The speeches are an opportunity for faculty members to lecture lion has dwindled to $500,000." as if it were the last time they could have a public forum for their This is posing several problems opinions. Manning is also an instructor in the English dept. Aid to Aged for the project and Kerr has es- Manning noted that the University is fragmentized and there- timated that present operations fore has no integrating force to pull it together. The same applies Three years of research into the Shortly after the line's 1528 members of the Air Line Pilots nature of a substance essential to Association called the strike at 7 p.m., a union spokesman said Pan cell metabolism ended recently Am planes chartered for government flights to Viet Nam, the Far when a team of Cornell research- East and Germany and for other vital military movements would take ers announced the discovery of off as scheduled. the chemical structure of one Leverett Edwards, a member of the National Mediation Board form of riboneucleic acid. which had figured in the months of negotiations, said no further More than the elucidation of talks were scheduled bewteen ---_ the structure of the specific RNA I company and union negotiators. I is of importance to biochemistry, The airline employs some 26,500 Co ntinue for the team developed a new persons throughout the world- technique which may be a valu- wide system able aid in further investigations Pan Am issued a statement asy- 0 Fli t The team, headed by Prof. caused the public by the failure to Robert W. Holley of Cornell's bio- reach an agreement with the chemistry department, was work- pilots' negotiating committee." By JOHN MEREDITH ing to discover the structure of a The line said it had agreed to "The Advisory Committee on form of RNA called alanine accept a formula suggested by a University Branches reiterated its transfer RNA. The transfer ribo- federal mediator, and the Pilots position against the University's acids from intracellular fluids to Association turned it down. proposed development of a four the ribosomes, the seat of protein The mediator's plan, Pan Am year program at its Flint branch synthesis. said, called for a five per cent this fall at a meeting with the On the ribosomes, with infor- boost in salaries and other bene- StateaBoard of Education yester maton arred romthenuceusfits which the carrier estimated day, according to board chairman motion carried from the nucleus sol otPnA 1 ilo Thomas Brennan. by messenger RNA and the ribo- would cost Pan Am $14.4 million some RNA, proteins are synthe- over the next two years. The group, commonly called the sized. Proteins are the mechanism In Chicago, a spokesman for Davis committee, issued an ad- of cellular metabolism, the pilots said "the company made visory opinion to the Michigan First Problem no satisfactory proposals during Coordinating Council for Public The first problem the research- these negotiations to solve the Higher Education last December ers had to solve was that of iso- problems of our workers." which criticized the value of lating the alanine transfer RNA. The spokesman said the stale- branches as a means of expanding There are approximately 60 trans- mate occurred over consecutive educational facilities in Michi- fer ribonucleic acids, and years of working hours, and that wages gan and specifically recommended research into the isolation process were not a stumbling block. that the University postpone its preceded the investigations into He said pilots now can be re- plans to expand Flint until a the structure of the molecule. quired to fly as many as 16 con- master plan for education in Out of 300 pounds of baker's secutive hours, and that the pilots' Michigan is developed. yeast. Holley's team was able to association had been seeking "Board members had little claim about a gram of the nucleic shorter consecutive working hours. chance to discuss the Davis com- acid for study purposes. Although the current three- mittee's comments among them- The new technique they used year contract will not expire until selves," Brennan commented. "The was that of splitting the molecule July 1, it was reopened forbnego- board will begin seriously con- at known places by digesting it tiation in December, 1963, by the sidering the Flint question next Cwith diferent enzymes. The frag- pilots group to voice their de- Tuesday or Wednesday." ments of the molecule were an- mands fsr hour cuts and wage Nothing New alyzed and the order in which the increases. nBoard member Edwin Novak 77 sub-units of the RNA chain are i The reopening of neogitations cnimdta h or rb ara"ng""ed o were read, hia was allowed under a special clause confirmed that the board prob- The discery erevea s .ein the current contract. ably will issue an advisory opinio The discovery of the structure The National Mediation Board on Flint next week, adding that of this substance is essential to + nothing new came up at today's 1 S S C 1 1 2 C r f s Cl e e :$ n entered the dispute last year, baut understanding of the function of closed its file on the matter last RNA. It is also an important step Feb. 23. A 30-day cooling off per- in the development of ways to iod followed automatically under synthesize the nucleic acid in the provisions of the National Railway laboratory.posnotNt aRi Act. ' u rrooAems StillProblems In addition, although there are still fundamental problems to be overcome, the technique thetCor- nell team developed has been call- ed an important first step in the search to fully understand DNA. Urres Boycott For Alabama BALTIMORE (P)-Rev. Martin Luther King gave further Indica- tions last night that he intends to press for an economic boycott of Alabama. "Something must be done to prod the business community and the good people of Alabama. If it takes economic pressure to do this, we have a moral obligation to do it in Alabama," King said. The pilots, who earlier had authorized a strike, were free to leave their jobs last Friday but they pushed the deadline to last night in order to give Pan Am and the public what they con- sidered adequate notification In those parts of the nation and the world serviced by Pan Am, the paralysis began to take its toll of operations, with flights de- layed or canceled outright within minutes after the strike order came. Some Pan Am operational points, such as Miami, saw no im- mediate effects of the strike since no flights were scheduled until this morning. In San Francisco, pilots refused to take off a Pan Am plane bound for Panama while they awaited last minute word on the negotia- tions underway right up to the 7 p.m. deadline in New York. meeting. Brennan explained that the board discussed many issues with the Davis committee, giving spe- cial emphasis to community col- leges. "The board will probably begin screening candidates for a com- mittee to advise it on community colleges next week, and members were interested in the Davis com- mittee's opinions on the general functioning of such a committee," Brennan said. He added that an advisory board to deal with the development of a master plan for higher education in Michigan will also be named soon. Diversification Sought "The board will aim for a di- versified membership on this committee," Brennan said. "It will not be dominated by educators, although representatives from the educational community, the com- munity college committee and pri- vate colleges will probably be in- cluded." tudent-Faculty Contact y"The only place the integrating force can come from is from yourselves," Manning noted, and "most students don't have it. "The administration takes an institutional view of students and the students take an institutional view of the University," he added. The "quintessence of education" is a dialogue between student and faculty member on a one-to-one basis. Cure-Alls? "We are confronted with cure-alls that don't zero in on anything that is a solid basis for education," Manning said. The suggestions are institutional and say nothing about the issue of education. Manning cited suggestions such as students signing their own election cards and dividing the Literary College into three parts- the humanities, social sciences and sciences-as examples of in- stitutional solutions to an educational problem. Manning's idea is to have students and faculty join in a "gigantic conspiracy" to change the institutional nature of the University to a system predicated on educational values, avoiding the superfluities of the "institutional" University. If education were practiced on a one-to-one relationship between students and professors, many professors would welcome the greater opportunity to get to know their students, he said. "Some faculty members are committed to teaching but get discouraged when the learning never goes beyond the classroom," he added. Passes Senate can only be contnued for another two or three years. Kerr sees three possible solu- to the literary college. The ieason for this is-that beliefs are private now when once th d,~ t bhP social- Manning said. Sx hundred years ago the The Michigan Senate carved tions to the financial problems: "L' ra "' U' 'I "'i' "---------- - - -- almost $10 million off a House- -The Phoenix Project might informing principle for society was the common bond of Christianity. approved property tax relief plan benefit from some of the dona- But in Ann Arbor, 1965, there is no common frame of reference. for homeowners Tuesday night tions collected as part of the Uni- Manning said the students that come into the counselling and started their $12.3 million versity's sesquicentennial anniver- Man't said the sds that co to-the cnelling package on its way to Gov. George saryefund drive to set up an en- office don't seem to have a spark going forthemr-the integrating Romney's desk. dowment fund to cover continuing Hdforce. House concurrence is required operational costs. He commented that where students are looking for this irte ;