CLUBS NEGLECT STUDENT INTEREST See Page 4 Seventieth Year of Editorial Freedom 7416 tii VOL. LXX, No. 151 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1960 FIVE CENTS SIX PA Council Bans Discrimination in Organ izat ion * * * * * * * * * * 1 S * * Sets Up Committee To Monitor Groups Committee To Study Violations, Recommend Disciplinary Action By PHILIP SHERMAN "All recognized student organizations shall select mem- ship and afford opportunities to members on the basis of personal merit," Student Government Council says. Selection on basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry is not legal, the Council ruled last night in passing the motion on non-discrimination in student or- ganizations. The Council will rule on such violations and prescribe disciplinary action, assisted by a Committee on Membership Practices in Student Organi- AAUP CHAPTER: MSU Group Censures Hantnah Nolte Says Egypt Gains By Neutrality By SHERRY BRISTOL By ROBERT FARRELL The Michigan State University chapter of the American Associa- tion of University Professors Tuesday censured MSU President John L. Hannah for failing to support the faculty in the recent controversy over compulsory military training (ROTC) there. The group also passed a motion saying that the vote of the Board of Trustees "implies either that the deliberations of the faculty were City To Ease Student Vote Regulations By MICHAEL BURNS University students may soon find registration for voting easier if proposed new regulations are formulated City Attorney Jacob F. Fahrner is presently working on a set of rules which would simplify pro- cedures for qualified students wishing to establish residence for voting registration. Fahrner met last week with a dent wives and members of the League of Women Voters, who approached him on the subject. To Consider Formalization OPahrner will consider formal codification of the rules today. The new code will be his interpre- tations of the state constitution and Attorney General's state- ments on the subject. The code will not qualify all students who meet the state age requirement, but will simplify and clarify the criteria for determin- ing whether a student is a legal resident of the city. The code will not include rulings which basically differ from those presently in effect but will only make it easier for students to register. The new statements will help the city clerk's office "use the rules to permit students who are qu'alified" to vote by putting the procedures and rules "down in black and white." Agrees On Eligibility Fahrner said he agreed with the' rulings by the Attorney General on student eligibility and would be guided by them in drawing up the code. The cases will be decided on the basis of strength of "parental ties, financial independence" and the activity and residence of the student during the non-academic part of the year. He said he did not feel students should be qualified on a "blanket basis" but that it was necessary to facilitate students registration. Registration Difficulties Students are registered by the city clerk's office which leads to some difficulties in interpreta- tions. Questionable cases are re- ferred to the city attorney for individual decision. This procedure and the section of the state constitution which states that attendance at a college in the state does not alone qualify a student as a legal resident, have discouraged many student voters from registering. SGC Motion Student Government Council passed a motion on April 8 to send letters to the City Council and the Board of Regents request- zations, Allmembers present voted to accept the motion as ammended last night. One member was ab-1 sent. As the motion was amended last night, the committee will consist of four students and three mem- bers from the faculty and admin- istration. Previously, specifications were: three student, two faculty members and two administrators. Arthur Rosenbaum, '62, moved that at least one member be a faculty member and one an ad- ministrator. The Council also ac- cepted this move. The Council appoints committee members on suggestion of nomi- nating committees. As the original motion was amended, student members serve one-year terms; now student members will serve two years as the original motion stated. Functions of the membership practice committee include: 1) Formulation of policies to further the general regulation and presentation of recommendations to the Council on them. 2) Investigation of charges of violation of the regulation, holding of hearings and collection of evi- dence on the charges. 3) Recommendation to the Council of disciplinary action in cases of violation. 4) Development of educational programs. The Committee must report to the Council at least once every semester. Its proceedings are con- fidential unless the Council or a party working with it request they be made public. By the end of next semester the committe must report its stan- dard procedures to the Council for approval. REP. GEORGE SALLADE ... endorses chancellor Asks State Chancellor The need for a chancellor of higher education in this state was presented by Rep. George Sallade (R-Ann Arbor) yesterday. Speaking before the student chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in the East Engineering Bldg., Sallade said that citizens should be proud of their colleges and universities and that severe limitation of non-resi- dent students "would ruin in one short - sighted gesture what has taken generations to build up." The local Republican supported the move by the Council of Col- lege Presidents to name a chan- cellor who "could well coordinate and improve our educational fa- cilities by eliminating rivalry and duplications that may now or someday exist." He dismissed the concern of many legislators, saying that the chancellor must be established if the Legislature "sincerely believes in" higher education.