.--! WHO'S DISCRIMINATING? Syr 3at Seventy-Three Years of Editorial Freedom :3ait~j PARTLY SUNNY High-S$ Low--3# Cool weather prevailing through Wednesday See Editorial Page VOL. LXXIV, No. 50 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1963 SEVEN CENTS EIGHT PA Council of Educators Administration Offers Discusses Expansion Civil Blue Ribbon Group Outlines Goals,NeW Rights Bit Describes Subcommittee Structure By LAURENCE KIRSHBAUM Expansion of the state's higher educational facilities to meet the coming boom of college entrants was a key topic in a meeting yester- day of leading Michigan educators. The meeting, hosted by the University at Inglis House, was the "exploratory fall session" of the Council of Michigan College Presi- dents, a body composed of the heads of public, private and religious In Compromise Move -Daily-Richard Cooper ON THE LINE-Several members of the Direct Action Committee picketed the Administration Bldg. yesterday to protest alleged discrimination in hiring. DAC is a non-student organization. Its goal is more jobs for Negroes. University officials denied the charges of discrimination. DAC is planning a sit-in for the Administration Bldg. next month. f DCe P ADot t lle By H. NEIL BERKSON Thirty members of the Direct Action Committee picketed the Administration Bldg. yesterday afternoon, protesting alleged Uni- versity discrimination in hiring. The group further announced that if its demands for jobs were not met it would stage a sit-in picket with "several thousand demonstrators" next month. Vice-President. for Student Af- fairs James A. Lewis and Charles M. Allmand, personnel .officer, promptly denied the charges on behalf of the University. Gather, Parade 'The picketers began gathering in front of the Administration Bldg. around 3:30 p.m. They pa- raded in front of the building with signs saying, "Dial DAC to Hire Black," "Black Hands Can Type, Top," "Jobs or Mobs," "Hit Back" and "Legal Lynching Must stop." "There are no Negroes working in there," DAC Chairman Charles Frieke Sees CEEB Fault By JUDY BARCUS The College Board achievement tests "may be wasted effort" be- cause they duplicate the aptitude tests, Prof. Benno Frieke of the psychology department said Sun- day night. There are tests available, tests that measure motivation and in- terest, which do not have this fault, he added. The achievement tests, used by many colleges in admission deci- sions, are supposed to gauge a student's proficiency in a specific academic subject. However, they merely duplicate the Scholastic Aptitude Tests which measure general academic ability, Prof. Fricke asserted. Aptitude Tests Better "Each of 'the achievement tests is largely a general academic abil- ity test, and as a result, the apti- tude tests are usually better pre- dictors of a student's performance in the appropriate field than the achievement test," he said. Prof. Fricke supported this claim with statistics indicating that social studies achievement tests predict success in chemistry courses nearly as well as the chemistry achievement tests. Prof. Fricke, assistant chainman of the examinations division of the Bureau of Psychological Ser- vices, is not opposed to extensive pre-college testing. There is much value in a complete assessment of a student's potential beyond the picture given by the general apti- tude test, he said. Emotional Adjustment He proposes, and has designed, an examination that assesses emotional and social adjustment, personality traits and academic interests. This test, known locally as the "raw carrot" examination, is given to incoming freshmen. Offi- cially called the "Opinion, Atti- tude and Interest Survey," it is used for academic counseling here and at other universities. The "Achiever Personality" test in the survey is one of its most valuable sections, Prof. Fricke said. This test measures the fac- tors that make students perform better or worse than their other Thomas, Jr. charged, pointing to the building. "The University hires Negroes to work in places like the hospital, but it doesn't think we can handle a typewriter." Allmand, who is responsible for the hiring of secretarial and staff personnel, said, "We have done extensive recruiting from Negro high schools and colleges. We are constantly seeking qualified appli- cants-regardless of their race or color. We still have openings for qualified secretaries in several areas of the University." Follow Bylaw . Allmand said his office follows Regents Bylaw 2.14 which states: "The University shall not discrim- inate against any person because of race, color, religion, creed, na- tional origin or ancestry." Last February, figures compiled for President John F. Kennedy's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity showed that over 1000 of the University's 10,000 employes were Negroes. "There are several Negro secre- taries in the Administration Bldg.," Donald Morris, managing editor of University News Service, said. Morris added that DAC had made no attempt to get in contact with any members of the admin- istration to voice its complaints. "Our only information has come from Daily stories," he said. "Despite the name of this com- mittee, there's been no direct, for- mal action to meet with the Uni- versity," he said. F Confirms Statement Vice-President Lewis confirmed that Thomas has made no attempt to contact his office. In a state- ment Lewis declared, "We are working vry closely with all rec- ognized student organizations France Shifts Market FPoice 'F t Toward Britain THE HAGUE--A major shift in France's policy toward Britain was indicated here yesterday as cab- inet ministers of the European Common Market and Britain end- ed two days of conferences. French Foreign Minister Mau- rice Couve de Murville agreed to a proposal by Italian Foreign Min- ister Attilio Piccioni "to main- tain in the future the closest con- tacts with Britain on all possible levels." Frost A decided political frost has characterized French-British re- lations since last January, when France ruptured the Brussels ne- gotiations for British entry into the ConmonMarket by proposing that the talks be suspended in- definitely. It has become clear during the conference of the last two days that a new rapport between Paris and London is in the making. Britain's new foreign secretary, R. A. Butler, took special pains to emphasize that Britain regard-: ed herself as part of Europe. Agreement Reached It was reported that an agree- ment had been reached for trade experts from Britain to meet with their European counterparts next1 week in Brussels. The purpose will be to explore common points of interest in advance of negotiations on trade expansion with the Unit- which are involved in the area of human relations. The Direct Action Committee is not a student organization and we have no con- tact with it. "Charles Thomas is not now and never has been a student at the University and he is not a Uni- versity employe. There are not over four or five students active in the Direct Action Committee and it definitely does not speak for the students of the University." One More Thomas said he plans at least one more demonstration in three or four weeks. "We will return with several thousand demonstra- tors," he claimed. "We will enter the Administration Bldg. and stage a sit-in or walk-in, whatever you want to call it" Earlier this month Thomas said he would have support for his picket from Uhuru, a Detroit orga- nization, and from Negroes in the Washtenaw County area. City detectives were present at the demonstration "as a precau- tion," police officials said. Accept Idea Of New Job By a 9-2 margin, the Ann Arbor City Council approved the "con- cept" of creating the position of Director of Human Relations. Though the vote does not com- mit the council to creation of the position, it seems likely that the council will establish the post since only Councilman Paul Johnson voiced opposition, Careful Consideration Johnson pressed for more care- ful consideration noting the lim- ited supply of qualified men and warning that Ann Arbor might get an agitator. Hopefully, the person occupy- ing the tentative position would be able to coordinate the various pressure groups in Ann Arbor so that a public housing ordinance acceptable to all factions would be developed. To File Protest In another Ann Arbor develop- ment, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo- ple announced this week that it will file a protest with the city administrator demanding an "im- mediate and public" destruction of movie films the police depart- ment jhas taken of the group's various demonstrations. The NAACP charges that the police action is a "violation of the privacy of individual demon- strators. Fires Editor, Denies Link To Editorial By BARBARA LAZARUS Personnel Director The University of Miami Stu- dent Publications Board dismissed the editor of its student news- paper, "The Hurricane," last Fri- day, but denied that this was due to a controversial editorial urging greater participation of Negro st'udents in campus activities, which had appeared the week be- fore. University Vice-President and Chairman of the Board H. Frank- lin Williams said last night that there is a requirement that stu- dent editors carry a full class load and that the editor, Elayne Gil- bert, fell below that standard. "It is not true that Miss Gilbert was being taken to task for the editorial she wrote. The univer- sity extends a gret deal of free- dom to its students." Williams said that she had been dropped from the courses because of excessive absences. He noted that she had been specially regis- tered for these courses two weeks late, because she had not had the proper course load at the begin- ning of the semester. Miss Gilbert said yesterday that two of her teachers dropped her from their courses without any warning and that "it occurred im- mediately after my editorial." She said that both of them were journalism courses and one is taught by the paper's advisor. She noted that her teachers had in- formally allowed her to miss class in order to work on the paper and that she had not been warned about excessive cutting. "The new editor is Linda Reis- man, who is a senior in journalism and has never worked on the paper before," Miss Gilbert said. Williams said that "the paper's supervisor picked the best editor he could find. She was not on the staff, but is well qualified and was confirmed by the board after a complete hearing of Miss Gil- bert's case." , The editorial charged that there are no Negroes in any of the athletic departments except in- tramurals and that there is only only one Negro graduate assistant on campus. It also urged an end to possible fraternity discrinina- tion. Williams noted that "the edi- torial gave an improper impression that there are some reservations on integration at Miami. The im- pression of her editorial is in- correct, since the University of Miami has achieved complete in- tegration." . Miss Gilbert said that she had been told that there were certain areas she -was not to write edi- torials on and they included in- tegration, temporary buildings, student freedom of the press and morals. She added that she had no opportunity for a retraction. Williams said that "editorial restrictions are negligible and that only certain restrictions within good journalistic taste such as morals are clearly taboo subjects." schools of higher education with- in the state. The participating state college presidents and chief administra- tors outlined the general needs of their schools for expansion while the heads of Gov. George Rom- ney's advisory "blue ribbon" com- mittee on education revealed the intention of their committee to in- vestigate educational expansion problems, University President Harlan Hatcher said. Sole Representatives He, along with Vice-President for the Dearborn Center William E. Stirton were the University rep- resentatives. The outlining of expansion needs was made in the morning part of the session where presi- dents from five types of higher education schools-four-year de- gree state institutions; religious schools; technical schools; junior colleges and community colleges- presented reports. The University officials did not mention the expansion possibili- ties of Delta Community College or the University's Flint branch, President Hatcher noted. Ways To Expand These have been considered by University officials in the past as possible ways to branch out its educational four-year degree pro- gram. Flint and Delta are cur- rently only two-year colleges. Featured at the meeting's after- noon session was a general out- line and discussion of the goals and set-up of Romney's advisory "blue ribbon" Citizen's Committee on Higher Education, President Hatcher noted. A report on the committee stat- ed its immediate intention to form a subcommittee on expansion, he explained. Presented by the blue ribbon committee chairman Dan Karn, co-chairmen Edward Cushman and executive director Harold Smith, the report cited the need for -resource people from each uni- versity and college to make avail- able data pertinent to expansion needs as well as statistical data in all the areas where the committee will delve, President Hatcher com- mented. Areas of Investigation Those areas investigated will in- clude post-graduate degree pro- grams, questions of enrollment, curricula set-ups and general values of the university or college programs to the state, Romney's educational aide, Charles Orlebeke, said. He was also in attendance at the meeting. According to Orlebeke, the over- all blue ribbon committee will break down into subcommittees investigating specifically many of these areas. The exact subcommit- tee structure will probably be an- nounced in mid-November, he said. Interim Report In the meanwhile, yesterday's meeting revealed that already operative subcommittee of the blue ribbon committee will pre- sent its "interim report" to the committee this weekend, President Hatcher noted. The subcommittee has been pre- paring a report that will go- with the committee's changes-to Romney late in November. It will recommend budget allotments for higher education to advise the governor in preparing his fiscal 1964-65 higher education budget. Seek Ways To Relieve Pressure on Students BY KENNETH WINTER Literary college groups are taking three steps to ease academic pressures and improve instruction amid the stepped-up pace of the trimester calendar. Presently under consideration by the college's curriculum committee are proposals for increasing the number of credits given for various junior and senior courses. - Under one proposal, "a student would have the opportunity to do extra work for extra credit," Prof. Oleg rabar of the art history department, the committee's chairman, said last night. For example, he could earn four credits in a three-credit course by doing an outside project in addition to his regular classwork. Second Alternative Another alternative being considered is to make the increase automatic-simply adding another credit to upperclass courses where it is warranted by the work load. This would be a de- parture from the usual system, which awards one credit for each hour the class meets per week. However, whether changing this tradition would require changing any actual regulations is not yet clear, Prof. Grabar said. Though his curriculum committee must approve all cur- riculum revisions proposed by departments, "as a rule we don't question departmental wisdom" when a department seeks changes in the upperclass courses. The second move being made by the college actually is a reaffirmation of an existing but little-used policy. Cut Classes "No literary college policy prevents an instructor from meeting his educational objectives in ways other than formal class meetings," Associate Dean, James H. Robertson explained. Thus a department-or a par- ticular faculty member - may decide to cut the number of class meetings and substitute <-for it outside reading or other variations on the usual pat-