f STEEL SETTLEMENT SHOULD WORK See Page 4 eIvet 4rna Seventieth Year of Editorial Freedom Ap att CONTINUED COLD High-26' Low-S Partly cloudy and snow flurries. RTM }' t V V T... NA __ I VOJL,. LX, o, 7.4 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1960 FIVE CENTS f saw FIVECENT 1.7 Graduate Level Gain Expected Number of Freshmen, Transfers That Enter Probably Won't Change By CAROL LEVENTEN r Though the number of graduate students entering the Univer- sity may increase next year, the relative numbers of freshman and transfer students to be admitted will remain stable. University officials do, however, expect a long-range growth in the number'of transfer students admitted to the University from com- munity colleges, no immediate change in enrollment policy is con- emplated. The standard two-to-one ratio of freshman to transfer students will probably be maintained, Assistant Director of Ad- 5 Presidential S Word Games Start Anew WASHINGTON (--Sen. Joh P. Kennedy (D-Mass.) hailed a a significant gain the announce ment yesterday that Ohio's Go Michael V. Disalle supports h campaign for the Democrati presidential nomination. In announcing his candidac formally last Saturday, Kenned had challenged other potenti aspirants to contest with him i the primaries. One who did no accept the challenge was Sen Stuart Symngton (D-Mo.). "I =don't think I'm a candidat all," Symington told a news con ference. Won't Restrain Still, he told a news conferenc he would do nothing to keep hi name out of the Oregon presi dential preference primary Ma 20. These were today's develop ments by individuals: Vice-President Richard M. Nix on - He conferred with Sen Styles Bridges (R-N.H.) and Nor ris Cotton (R-N.H.) on whethe to enter New Hampshire's presi dential primary March 8. Th Senators said afterward that th Nixon-for-President organizatio] there will proceed as planned t enter Nixon's name and seek a bi popular vote. Inherit Problems, Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D Minn.) - He told the Nationa Press Club that the next Presi dent, which he openly aspires t be, will "inherit a series of prob lems that have been swept unde: the rug-where they have bee festering and intensifying." He declared that the year since 1953, when President Dwigh D. Eisenhower went to the Whit House, turned into an "age o complacency." Sen. Stuart Symington (D-Mo. -He called his news conferenc to discuss his recent travels t Africa, the Middle East and Eu rope, but reporters asked mainl about United States politics. One reporter remarked that Ad lai Stevenson, whom the Demo ciats ran for President in 1952 and 1956, seems to be willing to be a candidate again. Was Symington also in the "willing" category? The reply: the Senator would be flattered to be placed in the same company with Stevenson. ! S Regent Says SGC Can Ask rBias Removal Student Government Council has the authority to demand that every student organization remove restrictive clauses from its con- stitution within a specified time, Regent Eugene B. Power said re- cently. He added that the Council would do better at this time to channel its legislative efforts in the oroad area of student organizations than to concentrate on only one. Appointments to the Sigma Kappa Study Committee will be ihade at tonight's SGC meeting. The committee was set up by a Council motion to contact the present officers of the University ' Sigma Kappa chapter and de- termine whether the policy which led to the 1958 SGC vote to with- draw recognition from the sorority hr been changed. The Restrictive Practices Com- mittee will give its first report to - missions Gail Wilson said re- cently.' Limitation Rumored It had been rumored that the freshman class might be limited proportionately to an influx of transfer students from commu- nity colleges.- Vice-President and Dean of Faculties Marvin L. Niehuss re- ported "no plans at the present m to further limit the size of the s freshman class." - The breakdown of new students v. for the current semester shows is 1,481 undergraduate transfers, c 1,500 more in the graduate and professional schools and a fresh- y man class of 3,216. y And, according to Assistant Di- %I rector of Admissions Byron Groes- n beck, there has been no change t in the number of students com- . ing in from community colleges yet. to Depends on Resources - Niehuss felt, however, that there will be a larger number of students from junior colleges e seeking admission to state insti- s tutions in the next several years; - "But whether we'll be able to ac- y cept them depends on resources and facilities. - In agreement was Administra- tive Dean Robert Williams, who - called the junior college move- s. ment "the most rapidly going unit - in the state." r Wilson too pointed to the - "rapid expansion" of junior col- e leges and estimated that half of e junior college students will have n to be accommodated by the Uni- o versity, and "will, without ques- g tion, affect the number of trans- fers." Williams saw the necessity of a - larger number of transfer stu- a dents to keep undergraduate en- - rollment up. "It is difficult," he o declared, "to maintain the size - of the graduate school without a r s t r o n g undergraduate enroll- n ment." At present, the graduate school s comprises 40 per cent of total en- t rollment, with freshman-sopho- e more and junior-senior figures 30 f per cent each. Unusual Distribution e He called the distribution of o graduate students "very unusual," - giving figures of 4,174 candidates y for the master's degree, 2,053 for doctorates and 2,991 students - seeking professional degrees. Williams stressed, though, there is "no evidence to the argument the University is becoming a 'graduate' school." But prospective enrollment fig- ures in the proposed operating budget for next year call for a possible increase of 1,000 students -mainly on the graduate level. "The growth in enrollment is primarily in the graduate and graduate-professional programs, along with the specialized cur- ricula for undergraduates such as architecture, music, business, edu- cation and the like."a Won't Effect The added enrollment though, will not effect the problem of maintaining a satisfactorily stable transfer student ratio. The requested $5 million state appropriations increase for the 1960-61 academic year which would, in part, provide for theE added enrollment of graduate stu- dents, is "based on the theory ofI social pressures," Williams said. "We should enroll approximate- ly 25,000 students but can't, and two years ago had to deny admis- sion to over 1,000 qualified appli- cants due to lack of money." Can't Grow We have reached the point, he declared, where enrollment "can't grow without more buildings." And, in Wilson's opinion, if the University must continue to oper- ate under "severe financial re- strictions" for the next five years, "we would undoubtedly have to control enrollments in terms of Dearborn, Changing Schedule The University's Dearborn Cen- ter, which began operations this fall, will operate on a three-se- m ester b asis beginning next month. The Center, originally set up on the four-quarter basis, changed to the new system during the present semester. The change will allow February high school gradu- ates wishing to enroll at Dearborn to begin classes immediately after graduating. Under the old sys- tem, such students would have had to postpone entry until be- ginning of the third quarter in late spring. The terms in the trimester sys- tem will begin in February, early June and late September. Classes for Dearborn's present student body of 33 are still in session. Registration for its sec- ond semester will coincide with that of the University, running from Feb. 4-6, after which classes will resume. Dearborn Center's final exam- ination period is concomitant with its registration because of the combination work-study program; students taking finals next month will leave the campus to go out to work and those registering at this time will come from work activity rather than classes. Macmillan Journeying For Peace LONDON ( ) -Prime Minister Harold Macmillan left by plane for Africa yesterday on one of the most delicate missions of his career - a peacemaking journey through British territories on the dark continent. He will travel 15,000 miles through sun baked lands, some of which are seething with discon- tent and racial animosities. This is the first African tour ever made by a British Prime Min- ister while in office. Accompanied by his wife and a party of 17, Macmillan is due today in Accra, Ghana, an independent member of the British Commonwealth. In Accra, Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah's newspaper blasted at British imperialism, injecting a sour note into elaborate cere- monies planned to welcome Mac- millan. The newspaper came out with the headlines: Accuse Imperialists So-called Western imperialists were accused of trying to frus- trate a move for a union of inde- pendent African countries spon- sored by Nkrumah. From Ghana, the British leader will go to Nigeria, the Central Africa Federation (CAF) and South Africa. Macmillan will need all his poli- tical skills to steer through the controversies in some areas. Forty million Nigerians graduate to full independence, like Canada's next October. Nigerian leaders have stressed their resolve to remain within the Commonwealth. Not Independent The CAF, comprising southern and northern Rhodesia and Nyas- aland, is not yet independent. 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Profile: HARLAN HATCHER To By THOMAS HAYDEN Traffic and students shuttled through the labyrinth of cen- tral campus, its classroom buildings, laboratories, dormi- tories, libraries, edging out farther, beyond the Huron to North Campus and nuclear re- actors and wind tunnels. From his office above State Street the President of the Uni- versity of Michigan observed a portion of the human kaleido- scope, then turned away. "Frankly, I don't know where it's going to end," he said. Harlan Hatcher was speak- ing seriously of the size of the University. U' Size Mounting Enrollment had curled over the 24,000 mark, breaking the record set only a year before. How much bigger? President Hatcher and other University officials talk now of expanding to 28,000. By 1970, enrollment might reach 40,000. "We can now see and feel assured we can reach 28,000 without any deterioration," he said. "When we get to that point, we think we'll have enough ex- perience to decide about ex- panding further. We'll collect data, see whether we can grow more or not, and move back- ward or forward accordingly. "One thing is certain," he emphasized. "We've got to grow in strength and not in dissipa- tion of our resources." The University has grown in strength so far, President Hatcher believes. . Expansion Continuing Space for expansion has de- veloped on North Campus. New programs in new fields of knowledge, i.e., nuclear en- gineering and astronautics, have been initiated. The Phoe- nix Memorial Project has grown in significance and scientific activity has mushroomed. Two off-campus branches have be- gun operation: Flint College in 1956 and Dearborn Center this fall. The President has plans to maintain the University's qual- ity in the face of ballooning enrollments. "We've got tokeep high ad- missions standards. "Our strong undergraduate program will remain, at least in the foreseeable future. "There will be more insti- tutes, along the lines of some of our nationally known ones, such as in English language and engineering research. These will be cultivated 'as a means of stepping up training and research. "We've got to keep building our distinguished faculty. That's where our true strength lies. 'Low Fees' "Fees must be kept as low as possible and scholarship funds have to be expanded. "A four-semester year is com- ing, which will increase the capacity of students to learn, of faculty to teach, and make better use of our plant. "We'll continue as a cosmo- politan university, enrolling a tions with fine graduate pro- grams, he pointed out. "So, there will be a slow, gradual rise -In the graduate population" (which presently totals about 40% of the stu- dent body). "This doesn't mean we're any less interested in undergradu- ates, though," President Hatch- er explained. "We're even more interested really, since we'd lose a great deal if we split the undergrads from the grads. Freshmen 'Enthusiastic' "The warm, unspoiled, en- thusiastic participation of a freshman class each fall is priceless. They add a great deal to the University." Certain "areas of data" will determine much of the Uni- versity's future, the President said. These are: 1) a bursting population 2) expanding knowledge and Its application 3) the industrialization of the world 4) the drive for better living standards all over the world 5) the conquest of space and the new world community. Emphasize Science "Mathematics, astronomy, nuclear physics, power plants- all these are absolutely central in the operation of the modern world. We'll have to put a lot of effort into programs in this area." Humanities and the social sciences will have to be em- phasized also, President Hatch- er said, and "we need another look at the complexity of disci- plines and a realization that they can be offered in different ways." The humanities are the Presi- dent's special area. He was a professor of English at Ohio State before coming to Michi- gan,band is the author of a number of novels and historical works dealing with the region most exciting to him - the Great Lakes and Ohio. No Time for Teaching He occasionally lectures to an English class, but adminis- trative duties have taken him almost totally away from the teaching realm. "The problems of the Presi- dent are endless and they range over every conceivable mat- ter," he acknowledged. "Some people are annoyed at the Bur- ton chimes, others are worried about calendaring and curricu- lum. "The big problems, demand constant planning ahead for the University's needs and this taps us of our time and en- ergies. "I personally have to inter- pret the image, the needs and services of the University to our various constituencies everywhere. This includes keep- ing the faculty, legislature and alumni all aware of our plans and purposes. "We're expanding rapidly and must not scatter our en- ergies," he said. "Central to all this is the necessity of keeping the image of the University al- ways bright." TOMORROW: VICE-PRES- IDENT MARVIN NIEHUSS Wage Policy Committee Accepts Pact Pay, Benefits H ike Accepted by Union In Unanimous Vote WASHINGTON W- - The 17 member wage policy committee the Steelworkers Union vot unanimous approval yesterday the new steel settlement. This made it official and fin so far as the union is concerne except for the formality of signii of the 2%Y2 year pact giving ti workers about 40 ceLits an ho additional in wages and benefits. The Union's smaller executi board had approved the settleme: earlier. Surprise Appearance Secretary of Labor James . Mitchell made a surprise appea ance before the union poli group, and received' thunderoi applause. It was a closed meeting bi newsmen outside could hear ti applause by the union chiefs the Secretary entered the room. In a speech, it was learned, Mi chell praised Union P Presidei David J. McDonald and Unic Counsel Arthur J. Goldberg fR their cooperation in achieving tt settlement. As Mitchell reportedly put i the American people owe the tw union negotiators a debt of grat tude. Mitchell's remarks were inte: rupted frequently by applause. New Steel Settlemen Granted large number of outstate and foreign students every year. "We must dedicate ourselves to any investigation that ad- vances the boundaries of knowl- edge. "And then there must be controlled growth, growth but not without a quality faculty and plant. These two conditions are, foremost." President Hatcher, tall, sil- ver-haired and gracious, came to the University in 1951 from Ohio State, where he previously served as English professor, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (1944-48), and vice- president (1948-50). Formerly at OSU "I had known the University of Michigan's outstanding his- tory when I was at Ohio State," he related. "I actually envied the University leadership, its plant and faculty. "When I finally came here, I was not only immensely im- pressed by the fact that the University lived up to all these things, but that in so many other areas it was a great pace- setter." Now the University must step up the pace, he added. "This is going to be a serious crisis in the next few years, with college applications in- creasing, and we're far from being prepared for it. Not enough of the national income is being put into higher educa- tion. Now it may take a closed door at the college level to awaken them to the real need." Junior College Possibilities More junior colleges would seem to be one means of easing the growing pressure of appli- cations for college, he said. "But this will inevitably lead to a diluted education for many." American colleges will also be the base for more institutes and graduate schools, he con- tinued. "The University has always been primarily responsible for the graduate and professional training in the state and we'll probably expand our programs from time to time," Two elements are relavent to the future of the Univer- sity's graduate programs, the President said. Knowledge Increasing The first is "the sheer weight of the body of knowledge that has to be sorted, mastered, and given wide application; all this has made it necessary for stu- dents to move into graduate work. This is a new pressure that wasn't here 15 years ago." In the second place, the Uni- versity inevitably gets heavy pressure in graduate areas since it is one of the institu- Two Achievements The union, the Secretary report- edly told the policy group, made two principal achievements in the settlement: 1) betting the steel industry to take over the entire cost of various insurance programs for which the workers previously had to pay hall the cost. 2) Demonstrating that the steel workers are willing to fight foi principles they think are right. Mitchell reportedly went on to say he is sure the American people are happy over the settlement as it insures a long period of industria) peace in the steel industry. The labor secretary also ap- pealed to the steelworkers to co- operate with management in bringing about better understand- ing and better feeling between labor and management in this field. McDonald told newsmen earlier that delay by some iron ore com- panies in agreeing to the., settle- ment terms might delay signing of the agreement. Steel Contract Could Cause Rise in Prices By The Associated Press Business leaders yesterday hailed the steel strike settlement as assurance that 1960 will be a boom year but expressed concern that inflationary results may push prices up. "The settlement is the most welcome news we could hear in the. first week of the new year," said L. L. Colbert of Detroit, pres- ident of the Automobile Manu- facturers Assn. It will, he said, enable the industry to build a record 2,250,000 cars in the next three months. "The coming year should be the best one we ever had," added Ray- mond T. Perring, president of the Detroit Bank & Trust Co. L. P. Favorite of Pittsburgh, vice-president of Aluminum Co. of America, said, "Near the end of the year, we predicted that ship- ments during 1960 would rise 10 to 15 per cent. Now with the suc- cessful settlement we are more certain than ever that such an .4.... . N .JT.... ".t. 4 . . ". 4. . * ..S.. A.."" ! .Av.".. : .. '}: .t . 1""}~ .S" . (V.1 .."}::: .<..". " "'.31::.4 :.v... Jr.... 4. ."1".:.f ".r.?.%%.r ":S?,,. ....";C~ ,r... OLDEST BUILDING: "*" ~~ Observatory odtosC idSokn "Research at the very frontiers of astrophysical knowledge is being conducted in almost the oldest building at the University," Prof. Leo 3 Goldberg, chairman of the astronomy department, said recently. Research, he said discussing space shortage here, is being carried on under conditions that visitors have described as 'shocking.' "The Observatory was planned in 1854 and was enlarged in 1909 to meet the needs of 1909," he noted, "but astronomy now is in the most rapid development in its history." - K The Office of Naval Research is the main source of current funds