SUPERIOR STUDENT CONCEPT QUESTIONED See Page 4 St43UU Seventieth Year of Editorial Freedom :43 a OA44&khr Ilt t CLOUDY, WARMEA High-40 Low-y28 Light snow and rain ending about 10 a.m. followed by heavy overcast } VOL. LXIX, No. 53 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1959 FIVE CENTS SIX PA I i s I F I Approval Given To Council Plan Major Council Plan Change Means Powers of Reviewing Board Revised By PHILIP POWER Editorial Director * * * * * * * * Approve. Building Plans At their meeting yesterday, the Regents approved the new Stu- dent Government Council plan, which will take effect immediately. The major change from the former plan involves replacement of the old Board in Review with a Committee on Referral, which is set up to deal with any objections to SGC actions. The changes were the result of the Regents' request last year that a Clarification Committee be established to study certain am- biguities in the old plan. The Committee's recommendations were submitted to the Council this fall for a discussion, and it was a combination of the two sets of .ggestions which the Regents ap- proved yesterday. Called 'Improvement' Regent Eugene B. Power com- ......~.~ mented that this plan "is an im- . provmet over the old one in that it gets away from the ambiguity of the former plan." :TheCommittee on Referral will consist of eight members, seven voting and one non-voting: two students who are currently not Council members, to be appointed by the Council; one member of the University administration, not a VICE-PRESID}ENT LEWIS member of the staff of the Office . holds veto power of Dean of Men or Dean of Wom- en, to be appointed by the Vice- President for Student Affairs; one REQUEST: school or college administrator, appointed by the Vice-President TAsks for Student Affairs. MSUAKMembers Noted Other members will be three -s faculty members primarily en- B ldget gaged in teaching, appointed by Budge Risethe University ,Senate; and one alumnus, to be without vote, ap- pointed by the President from a From State panel of three names submitted by the Board of Directors of the EAST LANSING (P) -Faced Alumni Association, with rising costs and a record en- The Committee will be called to rollment, Michigan State Univer- meet when either the Vice-Presi- sity trustees Thursday put in ire- dent for Student Affairs contem- quest for a $35,471,221 operating plates a veto of an SGC action or budget for fiscal 1960-61. when four or more members of The figure is $4 million more the Committee believe that an than the board asked last year action taken by the Council might and $7,607,453 more than the involve jurisdictional questions, Legislature allocated for the cur- procedural irregularities, or un- rent fiscal year. rea.sonable action. The budget request, forwarded Upon considering the Council to the State Budget Division for action, the Committee shall, with another going-over and a prob- reasons stated, advise the Vice- able triming, is based on ,an ex- President that the action should pected enrollment of 21,400 stu- be sustained or that he should dents next year. Current enroll- direct the Council to reconsider ment is 20,368, exclusive of newly, the action. J Regents Note Construction Costs Rising Schedule Lists Needs Sent to State in Past By NAN MARKEL Noting that building costs pres- ently run "generally nine per cent higher" than two or three years ago, the Regents yesterday ap- proved a five-year building sched- ule to send to the Lansing budget bureau. It lists essentially the same new construction plans submitted to the state in the past several years. No funds for new building at the University have been appropriated for two years. Costs Increase Vice-President for Business and Finance Wilbur K. Pierpont told the Regents, "We have increased proposed building costs from two or three years ago, when most of the present projects were con- ceived and plans drawn, by nine per cent in general." le indicated higher labor and material costs cause the price rise. "Right now we would get good bids on construction," Pierpont commented, "because contractors in this community do not have a large volume of work at present." Cost of materials is low now too, he added. Limits 'U' Lack of space has limited the University in many ways, Vice- President and Dean of Faculties Marvin L. Niehuss said. Some- times money for new faculty does no good because "there's no place to put the man," he noted. The revised capital outlay re- quest for 1960-61 totals approxi- mately $16,710,000, yith provisions concerning the Institute of Sci- ence and Technology "flexible." A bill which would grant $800,- 000 for the Institute is still being considered by the Legislature. Pierpont suggested "this item be left flexible" since "we're not sure what's going to happen on this bill." Music School Tops List The School of Music remained, number one on the priority list for new buildings, although "the first 10 buildings all have equal prior- ity," Pierpont said. Other proposed construction in- cludes a fluids engineering build- ing, a second unit for a medical school building, and new buildings for the education school and the architecture college. A sum of $400,000 was requested for special maintenance and $477,- 000 for remodeling and additions. CONSTRUCTION ON NORTH CAMPUS-These North Campus buildings represent the University's last growth spurt. Although a Medical Research Center was recently completed, no new buildings have been started at the University in the past few years. The Legislature has appropriated no funds, for new construction in the past two years. REGENTS, HATCHER TALK: To Continue Giving NDEA Loans rV ey 'Umbrella' Rule Covers All Areas Bonisteel Says Passage Will Make Already-Practiced Policy Official By THOMAS TURNER Editor The University's first bylaw spelling out a policy of non. discrimination was ardopted by the Regents yesterday. Regent Roscoe 0. Bonisteel said there were "no implica- tions" in the adoption of the bylaw at this time, the Univer- sity having "always practiced a policy of non-discriminatior in the administration and management of its iternal affairs.' "In its employment practices, admission policies, Uni- versity controlled housing, and general operative practices the policy has been constant-"- ly followed." 'Umbrella Resolution''j G row th ' ole The bylaw represents an "um- brella resoluiton" covering all a ing the institution, according to Vice-President for Student Af-Go e n M embers of the administrationre rs a et to eliminate discrimination wher- Special to The Daily ever it may exist, he said. TOLEDO-He is eager to have Lewis cited two specific areas the nation "identify the _. Demo in which his office will work: co- cratic party of the sixties as a ordination of efforts of groups party of economic growth," Gov such as the restrictive practices G. Mennen Williams declared her committees of Student Govern- esterdav s 1 7 1 l . By THOMAS HAYDEN The Regents informally agreed yesterday to continue dispensing controversial student loans pro- vided by funds from the National Defense Education Act. Too many needy students would suffer if the University dropped out of the loan program because of the loyalty-oath requirements, Regent Donald Thurber said. "If we're going to be true to our convictions of providing educa- tion for many students, we would have a great deal to answer for if U' To Host Ohio Singers The Ohio State University Men's Glee Club will join the Univer- sity Men's Glee Club in a joint concert at 8:30 p.m. today in Hill Aud. Coming to the University for the eighth annual combined con- cert, the Ohio State Glee Club will perform numbers ranging from Georgian chants to current Broadway musical arrangements in an unusual "broken stage" set- ting. The University Glee Club will begin its part of the program with its t r a d i t io n a 1 opening hymn "Laudes Atque Carmina." It will follow with numbers ranging from sixteenth century motets to con- temporary American classics and show tunes. The Ohio State group, which is making its third visit to Ann Ar- bor, has performed on several television shows and in numerous concerts with the Columbus Sym- phony Orchestra. we returned the loan funds," he continued. In Dissension's Wake His statements came in the wake of rising dissension among American colleges regarding pro- visions of the federal act, which require applicants to swear they are opposed to the overthrow of the government by force. Instead of withdrawing from the program, University Presi- dent Harlan Hatcher favored a "group approach" - a unified at- tempt by colleges to have Con- gress remove the disputed oath by next spring. Such an attempt failed last year, but prospects for a change are growing, President Hatcher said. Cites Group Action The American Association of Universities and other education- al groups have "strongly regis- tered their belief that the oath has implications that should not be encouraged," he- explained. The association of universities appointed a special group to draft the association's views and pre- sent them to Congress this year. Included on the committee were Yale President A. Whitney Gris- wold, and Harvard President Na- than Pusey. Both dropped out of the program last week, objecting to the loan provisions. "Harvard and Yale moved pri- vately and unilaterally," President Hatcher said. "There is a curious inconsistency when an institution accepts Fulbright and National Science Foundation fellowships but turns down the national de- fense loans." 'Precise Phraseology' All three grants "carry{ precise phraseology" regarding loyalty requirements, the President point- ed out. "Our view, as with most insti- tutions, is that while this isn't the kind of requirement we would prefer, it is still not objectionable to many people," he said. The Regents passed a resolution last spring objecting to similar loyalty requirements in future federal acts. The University's Faculty Senate and Student Gov- ernment Council took similar ac- tion. From July through October, the University committed nearly $300,- 000 in NDEA loans to 386 students. opened MSU-Oakland. Salary Increase Needed Students' fees will bring in $5,- 885,000, requiring a state appro- priation of $28,069,220 to balance the proposed budget, Philip J. May, vice-president for business and finance, told the board. Most of the increase would go for salaries. The board asked $1,- 763,809 for salary adjustments and $1,065,000 for 142 new faculty positions. The board separated its request into four areas, headed by $28,- 069,222 for the East Lansing cam- pus, including the Labor and In- dustrial Relations Center and the Highway Traffic Safety Center. New Building Questioned .I MSU-Oakland would get $1,- 065,495, up $515,495 from this year; the cooperative extension serviceh$2,874,600, up $659,100, and the agriculture experiment station $3,461,960, up $806,156. The board voiced concern over the probability that the Legisla-, ture will skip an appropriation for new construction this year. It has passed a $6 million bill for main- tenance and to continue construc- tion already begun, but a 12-mil- lion-dollar bill for new building has bogged down. MSU President John A. Hannah said it is unlikely that any new buildings, aside from self-liquidat-, ing types, will be ready for use before the fall of 1961 if the Legislature sticks to its present. thinking. 1 , " M" Retains Veto In any case, the Vice-President may still veto any action taken by the Council. "The Committee on Referral can recommend action to you (Lewis), but you can do as you see fit," Re- gent Power commented at the meeting. If the Vice-President should de- cide to veto the action, the veto See REGENTS, Page 5 Humphrey Moves Audience At YD National Convention By KATHLEEN MOORE Special to The Daily i TOLEDO-"Peace and prosperity" do not exist in the world or in America and will not until hunger, sickness and illiteracy are wiped out, Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn.) told cheering crowds here last night. "Politics and morality go together--the politics and morality of service, service to those who need it most," he insisted. Naming the Republicans "old fogies," with New Bylaw Following is the text of the Regents' Bylaw on discrimina- tion: "The University shall not discriminate against any per- son because of race, color, re- ligion, creed, national origin or ancestry. "Further, it shall work for the elimination of discrimina- tion: (1) in private organiza- tions recognized by the Uni- versity, and (2) from non- University sources where stu- dents and the employes of the University are involved." ment Council and the Interfra- ternity Council, and shaping poli- cies pertaining to off-campus housing. 'U' 'Works With' University President Harlan Hatcher said the phrase "work with" summed up the University's approach - "work with rather than coerce." In the area of fraternity-sor- ority bias-clauses, he illustrated, the University has made "steady progress." . Specifically, he said, more prog- ress toward removing clauses has been made here than at the Uni- versities of Wisconsin and Cal- ifornia, where time limits are used. Asks Meaningful Program "It's relatively easy to take out a clause," President Hatcher said, "but a meaningful anti-discrimin- ation program is directed toward "working away at the under- standing of why this is." Lewis said it was impossible to say now what approach to bias clauses would be best; the various committees working in the raea will reach whatever solution seems best. "Maybe we might even recom- mend a time limit when we come back to the Regents," Lewis add- ed. Time Limit Considered At one time, a time limit at the University was a very real possi- bility. In 1951, the Student Affairs Committee (student-faculty-ad- ministration board which preced- ed SGC) ordered fraternities to get rid of clauses by 1956 or face loss of University recognition. Then, former University Presi- dent Alexander V. Ruthven ve- toed the measure, declaring "It is a long established rule of law that no individual has an inherent right to membership in any par- ticular organization." Ruthven Vetoes' Property rights of any organ- In his appearance before their national convention the Governor called on the Young Democrats as a possible source for a "new per- spective, not just a patchwork job on old policies" with which to forge a "national purpose." Williams voiced disgust with the Republicans' "complete value chaos" that has led to a tight money, rising prices policy to com- bat inflation. Condemns Price Fear The government should not let the fear of inflation block striving toward economic growth, he said, and specified objectives of "elevat- ing our whole educational process, returning people to their jobs and increasing welfare benefits. In a press conference after his talk, he announced plans for a meeting at Haven Hill, Mich., next month with the nation's top edu- cators to discuss current problems in education and draft recommen- dations for the 1960 Democratic platform. He also came out in favor of expanding the idea of social secur- ity to include a national health insurance program. Favors YD Ideas "Impressed" with the young Democrats responsiveness to the concept, he added that it was still in the formative stages but he hopes to have it ready for the 196C platform. Full employment of the nation's labor force, he insisted, is possible if the government is willing to set up programs to utilize the nation's wealth for the benefit of all. "Nobody but the bankers can afford four more years of Repub- licanism" in its present form, he declared. Regents Cite Lady Pianist Mrs. Emily Gilmore Stevens, an enthusiastic woman whom 94 years have not yet dimmed, re- ceived a Regents' citation at their meeting yesterday. Mrs. Stevens is an organist, pianist and writer who can play anything from Bach to Shostako- vich. The Regents' citation, read by University President Harlan Hatcher, said in part: "as a pianist she has accompanied many emi- nent artists, instrumentalists and singers . . . often reading the score at sight." Her philosophy is "live simply and trust in the Lord." SNEA Region REPLIES TO CRITICISM: Board Defends CMU Conference House By The Associated Press The State Board of Education defended construction of Central Michigan University's controver- sial conference house on Beaver Island in Lake Michigan. The Board called it a "most de- sirable project" and issued a state- ment to clarify what Stephen S. Nisbett, chairman of the Board, called misunderstandings about the project. He said the Board's meeting here was its first oppor- tunity to answer recent criticism. The Board is the governing body of Central Michigan at Mount Pleasant and Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti. , Nisbett said the Beaver Island facility "was for student use and that this is the only justification for the establishment." He said it was financed from student funds "none of which were state appropriated or bor- rowed." He said "construction funds came from the operation and sale of temporary housing facilities and general earmarked reserves." Nisbett said the Board in ap- proving the project "decided such a construction as the Beaver Is- land center was a most desirable project because it would greatly enhance and strengthen the offer- ings of Central Michigan Univer- sity in the fields of conservation, natural science and outdoor edu- cation considering the natural laboratory which it provides." a "no go, go slow, not now, veto administration;" he insisted the nation needs a powerful leader if it is to progress to "occupy the position of world leadership that is going to fall either to us or to the Russians. And that leader, he asserted, must be a Democrat. Humphrey Applauded As his address to the national convention of Young Democrats-- met with rapt attention and fre- quent outbursts of applause - ended, delegates swarmed onto the floor, waving "Humphrey for Pres- ident" banners and shouting en- thusiastic approval. Humphrey demanded from the Democrats liberalism - "a liberal person acts for today and plans for tomorrow and a conservative reviews yesterdays"-in order to win with hard work and bold moves the peace and prosperity that could be America's. The new definition of power is people and "there happen to be more colored people in the world than white," was his analysis of the civil rights issue. ... r <}, .