Seventieth Year of Editorial Freedom DaIIA ORIENTATION EDITION ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1959 SIXTY PAES I.' 1 J. 1 1 Ilk"li 1J i U I 4 * * * * * * * 'Enrollment aintained . Faculty Salaries Major Concern Nearly Three Million Earmarked For Boosts in 'U' Staff Wages By THOMAS HAYDEN After a year of financial and academic unrest, the Uni- versity is mending with its largest operating budget in history. The 1959-60 budget totals $42.7 million, including an ap- propriation of $33.4 million from the Legislature. Faculty salaries, repeatedly called the University's great- est concern last spring, have been raised on an average of almost 10 per cent. University Vice-President and Dean of Faculties Marvin L. Niehuss called the wage boosts a "real step toward restoring ouri THE BIG MOVE-Students moving into University housing this year need have no fear about not having a room. Women's residence halls expect vacancies this year, while the men's units expect a temporary bulge. This overflow will be housed on the ninth floor of South Quadrangle until spaces open up in the dormitories. CHANGES REVIEW BOARD : New SGC Plan Ready for Approval competitive position" among American universities. Receive Offers During the spring, as the Uni- versity's financial future looked bleak, faculty members were bar- raged with lucrative job offers from other schools and industry. "We came through a rough sit-' uation pretty well," Niehuss not- ed. Approximately $2.8 million of the new budget was ticketed for faculty and non-faculty salary increases. In general, the lower faculty members, particularly instructors and assistant professors, received the most substantial increases, Niehuss said. The departments of the Uni- versity seem "reasonably well sat- isfied" with their allocations, he added. Largest Budget The budget, providing funds for the -Arm 'Arbor, -Flint and Dear-' born -campuses of the University, is $3,278,275 greater than the budget for the 1958-59 year. Sup- plementing the figure is $500,000 from the state for an Institute of Science and Technology, also ap- proved by the Regents. Provisions were made in the op- erating budget for the opening of Dearborn Center with a faculty of 13, an administrative staff of four and related service person-j nel. The, Center's budget, described, as "minimal" by Vice-President and Center Director William Stir- ton, allows $350,000 for opera- tions. Health Plan ToQFte Higher Rates Student Government Council recently announced a new student health insurance policy available to those registering for the fall semester. One year coverage will cost $20, an increase of $6 *er last year's rate. Raised premiums and modified benefits are attributed to the losses incurred through a very high rate of claims over the past two years of the program. Modified benefits include elimi- nation of outpatient benefits ex- "cept in accident cases, lirritation on mental care, and a maximum of $500 on hospital miscellaneous ex- penses. Maternity benefits, for- merly included for an additional $11 premium are available in a separate policy. Miscellaneous hospital expenses and outpatient benefits, such items as bandages, ,medicines, and X- rays, were permitted under the former policy to a maximum of $1,000. Mental care, now limited to 15 days hospitalization outside of Health Service, was classified as an illness for which 120 days hos- pitalization was paid. Student Government Council will consider a new constitutional plan for itself during the coming month. Nine members of the SGC Plan Clarification Committee worked on a revision of the plan, at the request of the University Board of Regents, from February until June. The Clarification Com- mittee consisted of three members each of faculty, student body and' administration, The original SGC Plan, which was approved in a campus-wide election in December, 1954, and adopted the following spring, re- placed two student "government" bodies then extant: Student Ac- tivities Committee (SAC), which v. as authorized by the Regents-to Presidents Welcorme I extend a cordial welcome to the students who are begin- ning new programs of study at The University of Michigan. May I remind our freshmen that since they are spending four or more years at the University they proceed immediately to lay their academic foundation soundly; that they explore all aspects of the University, curricular and extracurricular; and that they take the long look at -what they expect from life before deciding how the University can best help them reach. their goals. Best wishes for success and happiness in your life and work at The University of Michigan, Harlan Hatcher President co-ordinate and supervise student activities on campus, and Stu- dent Legislature (SL), which was the voice of student opinion on campus but had no official dele- gation of authority from the Uni- versity, although its constitution had been approved by the Re- gents. The original plan also made provisions for a seven-member Board of Review, composed of the Deans of Men and Women, two students and three faculty mem- bers. Under the new plan to be con- sidered by the Council, the com- position of the Board in Review would be changed, as well as its name. To be known as the Com- mittee on Referral, the tri-partite group -will consist of nine mem- bers, although only seven will have voting status. As with the Board in Review, the Committee on Referral will retain the SGC president as one of the student members, and SGC will appoint one other student, currently not a Council member, to fill the other student post. See NEW, Page 9 ' Dearborn Center To Open This Month on 'Minimal' Basis The University's Dearborn Cen- ter, expected to be turning stu- dents away within two years, will' begin operations. on a "minimal" basis this fall. Lack of operating funds has' crippled the Center since the first work began on its four buildings last year. Only two of the four buildings are scheduled to open for the cur- rent year as the Center operates on a slim $350,000 allotment. In addition, only juniors will be ad- mitted with senior level and grad- uate programs opening in the fu- ture. Bright Future University Vice-President and Center Director William E. Stir- ton predicts a bright future for the project, which eventually trally located to students and job internships. Cooperative Program The curricula in engineering and business call for participation in a co-operative work-study pro- gram with alternate terms spent on campus and on specific work assignments in business and in- dustry. "Although no academic credit is granted to students for the work experience, the University will not approve any work assign- ments which do not offer oppor- nities or experience which con- tribute to the total educational program," the Center's general regulations emphasize. The liberal arts program will be temporarily curtailed until enough funds are available. Likewise, the classroom build- the undergraduate engineering program and about 350 in gradu- ate engineering studies. Another 500 will be accepted for under- graduate business administration courses, while approximately 300 will undertake graduate study in this field. Alternate Quarters All of the students in engineer- ing and 'business administration will be on the work-study pro- gram, alternating three-month periods of campus study with- work in business and industry. Approximately one-half of the total enrollment will be on cam- pus at any given time. Evening programs may be developed to serve another 1,000 students. All course work will be organ- ized on the quarter system, to ac- commoit the work-study nro- .. :. . :: . F: ..... ... .