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or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints.
DAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1959 NIGHT EDITOR: JEAN HARTWIG
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AS I SEE II
By THOMAS TURNER

HE UNIVERSITY of Michigan, Michiganm
State and Wayne State are starting bold
ventures as the fall' college term opens.
the approaches to the problems are dif-
nt. The three schools don't even agree that
problems are the same.
Tor Michigan, the State's senior university
by far its largest, ,the problem was seen as,
of better preparing college students for jobs
in increasingly complex technological so-
Y.
iere . .,. is what the University of Michigan
oing to meet what it sees as the problem in'
er education."
'ith these words the Detroit-ree Press in-
uced a full-page article on the University's'
rborn Center which "makes no bones" about
g "a creature of American technology, born,
erve the increasing demands of the busi-,
es and industries that spawned it."
his phrase, though a typical Free Press
racterization, is extremely apt. Indeed, the
-paragraph introduction paints an accurate
uret of a university lacking in direction.

One point must be made before establishment
of the Dearborn Center can be understood.
Ford's offer of $6.5 million, plus property in-
cluding the splendid Fairlane mansion, could
hardly be ignored.
BUT IT'S ANOTHER question again why the
principle of job training was embraced to
the exclusion of the University's avowed objec-
tive of well-rounded graduates.
The Center has opened witp. small engineer-
ing and business administration programs-
smaller than intended, one might add.
"The liberal arts program should grow na-
turally out of the other two," University Vice-
President and Center Director William Stirton
told the Free Press.
This, then, is the University of Michigan as
it enters its one-hundred and forty-third year,
an institution moving forward with too little
thought given to the relation of specific projects
and changes to its longterm objectives.
OO OFTEN TODAY the University adopts a
conservative position; either by choice or
necessity.
Examples of necessarily conservative posi-
tions come readily to mind.
In the area of faculty recruitment and main-
tenance, for one,,the University .is placed in a
defensive or conservative position by simple
laws of economics. Our faculty, is better than
that of many schools which can afford to pay
higher salaries than we.
But the conservative "It Seems To Be Neces-
sary That We Expand" philosophy, a variation
of the "Hold the Line," whichmarks the Dear-
born Center and to some extent the burgeoning
North Campus is adopted by choice, and is in-
defensible.
PRIDE IS A MAJOR factor in this sort of
conservatism, as of course is the position of,
the University as traditionally the state's old-
est, biggest and best. The one grows out of the
other, of course.
On Friday at the Regents' meeting the list of
notable faculty members retiring was proudly
commented upon at great length.
Then President Harlan Hatcher hastily added
a word for the outstanding young faculty mem-
bers, saying that without them the University
might well feel concerned that so many not-
ables wereretiring or nearing retirement.
But this remark sounded pretty hollow. And
well it should, for the University built up its
present faculty by offering stimulating sur-
roundings and a high degree of freedom.
There is no reason to assume things will start
getting more stimulating around here in the
near future:

By KENNETH McELDOWNEY
SGC Beat
"SGC NEVER does anything."
Student comments such as
this illustrate the basic problem
of apathy that all student govern-
ments must try to overcome. Per-
haps at the University apathy is
not greater than elsewhere. How-
ever it is still disconcerting to look
up during an SGC meeting and
see that outside of yourself, the
Council secretary and the Council
itself, the meeting room is empty.
This seems unfortunately to be
not the exception but the rule.
* * *
EVERY college council should
ask itself if student absence from
its meetings signifies a general
feeling that the council is really
worthless and only a game for
make-believe leaders. If this feel-
ing is true, student government
has obviously failed to do its job.
At the University, indications
are that the situation has not yet
reached such decay. While some
students still support the "worth-
less" label for SGC, the majority
believe that it has some value.
Unfortunately, many students
still think of SGC as an extension
of the Student Council they had
in high school.
BUT FOR A college council this
picture should be enlarged. Even
in college the Council's time must
be expended in scheduling dances,
appropriating money for pep ral-
lies, and the other trivial actions
that seemed to be the only order
of business in high school.
But in college such actions
should only take a very minor por-
tion of total meeting time. It if
doesn't, then it truly can be said
that the council is worthless and
offers no real value to the stu-
dents.
The intentions and indeed the
actions df SGC at the University
have been much more meaningful
than the normal stereotyped con-
ception of a student government.
Any one of the many different
projects that SGC is presently in-
volved in would be far beyond the
scope of any high school-and
even many college-councils. This
is something that must be realized
If students are to develop a proper
appreciation for SGC.
. *
WHAT WITH WORK now being
done on bias clauses in fraternity
constitutions, on other types of
discrimination,,on reading groups,
on academics and other projects,
students can not rightfully claim
that SGC does nothing. Even this
list includes only those projects
that could be said to perform
abstract services. Other projects-
the bike auction, Student Book
Exchange and health insurance-
are more tangible.
It is not the tangible services,
but the abstract ones, that need
to be publicized to brge rniitde
to bee bring credit to
SGC. The tangible ones will more
or less take care of themselves.
The abstract services, in that they
are not merely mechanical actions
but those requiring intelligent

most distinction -to a council.
* * .
DISTINCTION is one of the most
important qualities that a council
can gain. For in obtaining it, it
has disproved at least one pre-
valent stereotyped view.
It appears that SGC has gone
a long way in the right direction.
If it can stay on this path is an
important question that will be
answered not only this year but in
the ensuing ones.

community and the problems
they face.
The articles are written by
the heads of the particular
Daily news beats concerned,
who will be covering these areas
during the coming semester.
We hope this page will serve
as your introduction to the
community in which, for the
next four years, you will spend
most of your time.

HE UNIVERSITY came through
the trouble reasonably well,
however, and seems back on a
steady keel again, although effects
of the crisis are still being felt.'
Scholars have a number of
problems, besides their low wages
--the one most talked about.
* .* *
THE PUBLIC often regards
them as too theoretical, which
may to some degree be true. Legis-

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ANGELL HALL AT NIGHT - CENTER OF LEARNING AT MICHIGAN

GIVEN $33.4 MILLION THIS YEAR:
U' Operates Through State Funds

DEARBORN CENTER
.. what a e University aimst

By NAN MARKEL'
University Beat
NO ONE can say what goes on at
the University because no one
can ever really find out.
The administrators know more
about the University than anybody
else but they rarely tell it. Even
they don't know it all.
As a unit, the University is
created each year by a budget.
This is requested in a long and
detailed report sent to the Legis-
Iature each fall. Less money than
is requested is generally allotted
to the University each spring.
Last year the state's financial
crisis meant very little money for-
the University. Finally in July, the
legislators appropriated $33.4 mil-
any state organization, including
lion to cover the operating budget.

Wednesday they doled out $1,120,-
983 for general renovation. The
Legislature may give the Univer-
sity $800,000 for its new science
institute when it reconvenes Oct.
21.
ADMINISTRATORS are gener-
ally pleased about the $33.4 mil-
lion operating budget, which will
go for a general nine per cent
faculty raise as well as for usual
expenses. The faculty raise is all-
important. Many attractive offers
were made to professors last year
when the University received little
money from the state and was
"forced to borrow from the banks.
The faculty turnover last year
was approximately 100 persons. It
usually runs about 90; but it could
get larger.


INTERPRETING THE NEWS:
Dangers to Pea
By WILLIAM L. RYAN e
Associated Press News Analyst-q
'EPORTS of President Eiserihower's first d
Camp David talks with Premier Nikita
hrushchev raise a distinct possibility that they F
o leaders will produce something concrete-
wever small-for a waiting world. 0
The hint has been dropped that there may C
some areas in which the two men can agreehi
areas which do not concern nations other t
an the United States and the Soviet Union. n
There probably wil be no miracles. There S
ay be agreement on the less important; more
less non-political questions confronting the a
o leaders. But even agreement on an unim-- l
rtant issue would have an impact. B
'HE WHITE HOUSE has made it abundantly
plain that there will be no negotiation on
,y matters in which the United States' West-
a allies are directly concerned. in
Thus, while there might be some areas of t
reement, these likely would be well removed c
>m the arena of active political competition. C
iese probably would involve such matters
further exchanges between the Soviet Union
d the United States in the cultural and sci-
tific fields. hi
The Soviet Premier entered these talks still t
the offensive. He dropped the remark that K
thought his hectic tour of the United States
ght have contributed something toward the le
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easing of international tension, but added
quickly "we'll know more about it after the
discussions with the President."
THIS SORT OF approach by the world Com-
munist leader, hinting there is at least a
possibility of something spectacular, coming out.
of the meeting at secluded Camp David, may
have skpurred the State Department to remind
he world orce again that the interests of other
nations are not going to be sacrifced at these
essions.
Any measure of agreement, or even hope of
greement, probably would be welcomed as at
ast a temporary insurance for world peace.
But the long-range aggravations remain in the
political field, and will be present long after
Khrushchev and Eisenhower complete their
historic exchange.
The Soviet l'eader still has in his hands the
nitiative for provoking crises, should he feel-
hem necessary to the prosecution of his poli-
ies. These include world expansion of the
Communist movement.;
AMERICANS have had a good, if startled,
look at the Khrus chev personality. Per-
aps he was impressed by what he saw in his
our of America. Perhaps there was a decided
Khrushchev impact upon Americans, too.
'Among the things Americans may have
earned was this: the world Communist boss
s somewhat like the haggling merchant in
he peasant market. He sets the highest price
nd then waits for bargaining. But unlike the
easant merchant, Khrushchev seems to have
no intention of reducing his price.
Khrushchev's challenge has been one to
eaceful competition. But the competition he
ictures is not really peaceful. It will continue,
ae has indicated, until the Soviet system looks
n, unrmourning, at the burial of the Western
way. This is not peaceful, but a challenge to
competition to survival, with or without guns.
Thus, barring an unlikely Khrushchev change
f heart on basic issues behind the competi-
ion, even if some positive results are achieved
n the non-political field, the dangers to world

BUT ALSO PROBLEMS:
City Provides Services for Students

By JAMES SEDER
City Beat
ANN ARBOR'S role in the stu-
dent's life can be divided into
two areas: what it does for him
and what it does to him.
The student is most familiar
with things the city does to him-.
it arrests him, charges him high
prices, discriminates against him,
makes him buy bike licences.
But the city offers much to the
student - services running from
the dramatic to the mundane. It
portects students from attack,
works to improve traffic safety,
sends out four fire engines to
check even the smallest fire.
In general the city's protection
can be divided into three cate-
gories: safety, health and police.
The police protection is the
most obvious. It arrests law..
breakers, and their presence "and
diligence prevents other crime.
In the area of health, the city
is also active. It inspects dwell-
ings to make sure they are suit-
able living quarters. The city in-
spects all kitchens which prepare
food for public consumption. It
also collects garbage and disposes
of sewage,
* * *
ALTHOUGH the city does a
generally commendable job in its
services for the student, there
exists a less fortunate aspect of.
town-gown relationships.
When the police arrest students
for breaking laws such as drink-
ing in violation of state laws,

"bandit chief" store owners and
oppressive landlords-but unfortu-
nately, it's not -that simple.
* * *
THE BEST CASE in point con-
cerns textbook prices. Four or five
years ago everyone was convinced
that the bookstore owners were
"robbing the students blind."
After much discussion, the stu-
dent leaders of the day decided
that the Union should undertake
an investigation to see if they
could set up a bookstore which
could substantially reduce new
textbook prices.
Last year the Union concluded
its investigation. It found that 1)
the proposed Union bookstore
could not substantially reduce
bokstore prices, and 2) the book-
stores gave efficient and fairly-
priced service. A similar, although
less intense, investigation by The
Daily semed to verify these con-
clusions to the same conclusion.
UNFORTUNATELY, a similar
conclusion would result from a
study of most other areas of Ann
Arbor's high prices. A bad situa-
tion thus exists for which there is
apparently no one to blame.
Nevertheless, the University
might soon be priced out of the
range of most students, notby the
cost of "going to college," but by
the expense of living in Ann Ar-
bor. One does not know where to
throw stones, but the instinct of
self-preservation says that it is
essential to start -throwing them

This is not good.
What,is less good is that in at
least ono area they are right --
housing.
I,* *
THE PROBLEM is simple and
clear-cut. Many-a great many-
landlords practice blatent discrim-
ination. To many international
students this seems to make mock-
ery of our ideals of equal oppor-
tunity. This seems, to them, to
make America a nation of three
castes: acceptable for housing;
partially acceptable for housing:
and unacceptable for housing. The
most unfortunate aspect of the
situation is that these interna-
tional students are right.
What can be done about the
situation? There is only one solu-
tion-and nearly everyone who has
seriously considered the problem
recognizes it. This is for the Uni-
versity and the city to- bring pres-
sure on these landlords.
Unfortunately, the efforts of
both have been something less
than Herculian.

Officials are less happy about
'the Legislature's appropriations
for renovation and new construe-
tion. No new buildings have been
started in two years. The capital
outlay request listed 25 new build-
ings needd in the near future. All
were overlooked except the science,
institute, which still awaits its
fate. '
Soon the 1960-61 budget will be
sent up to Lansing.'Rumor says it
will be several million dollars
larger than last year's $36.8 mil-
lion request.
The budget is very critical to
the University, which is primarily
supported by the state. Fees pro-
vide approximately $10 million a
year.
ADMINISTRATIVE attention is
presently focussed on a complex
consisting of rising enrollments,
limited space, and the need for
maintaining academic quality.,
Enrollment for the fall semester
1959 is expected to reach'- 24,011.
Last spring total enrollment was
23,889. Almost 1,000 more qualified
freshmen could have been ad-
mitted this fall. As it was, the ad-
missions office succeeded in "prac-
tically maintaining the status
quo."
Because the student body re-
mained much the same, the resi-
dence halls are not overorowded
now. Vice-President in charge of
Student Affairs James A. Lewis re-
ported Friday 65 vacancies in the
women's dormitories and a "ca-
pacity crowd" in the men's resi-
dences. This does not leave much
room for expansion, however.
- Looking to.service extension be-
yond this campus, the ,University
opened a Dearborn branch this
fall. (It already operates a Flint
branch.)
The Dearborn Center was built
on Henry Ford's Fairlane estate
with a grant from the Ford Foun-
dation. It was set up primarily to
service industry. Operating on a
"minimal" budget, the Center will
open its doors Monday to some 1D0
engineering and business adminis-
tration students.
When operating at capacity, the
Dearborn Center will offer engi-
neering, business administration,
and liberal arts curricula to ap-
proximately 2,700 juniors and.
seniors.
LAST YEAR the University was
asked to merge with Wayne State
University in Detroit. The pro-
posed merger has been pushed to.
the background, but it may.be still

farther and claim professors "do
practically nothing," sincesteach-
ing loads entail only a few hours
per week
However, scholars work hard,
and this itself involves more
problems.
They are engaged in an almost
furious struggle to push -bath the
boundaries of knowledge, and are
succeeding to an incredible de-
gree. Recently, the sum of human
knowledge has been doubling ev-
ery decade.
With advances in knowledge
comes increased academic special-
ization. The degree of specializa-
tion is so high, that scholars' in
different fields may be losing con-
tact with each other. The modern
chemist rarely knows what the
modern mathematician is working
on. Mathematicians know little of
new developments in philosophy.
CURRICULUM: Universityo-
mittees are constantlyexamining
new ideas in course programming
Stiffer distribution requirements,
in the natural sciences are among
various proposals.
CALENDARING: The tradition-
al University concept of a two-
semester year, with an eight-week
summer session is, undergoing
serious study. A committee' on cal-
endaring recommended last spring-
that the °status quo" be mai-'
tained while more information is
gathered. But certain high Uni-
versity officials are much inter-
ested in a "quarter" system, i.e
splitting the twelve month year
into four semesters, to make bet-
ter use of campus facilities.
ACADEMIC FREEDOM: The
University is on the censure list
of the American Association of
University Professors, for "in-
fringing upon academic freedom"
In the 1954 dismissal of two fac.
ulty members charged with com-
munist -affiliation.
The AAUP qu e s t i o ne d the
grounds for the teachers' dismis-
sal and criticized the University
for not granting severance pay.
Since the AAUP censure (in the
spring of'1958)''the Uiversity has
made adjustments for severance
pay. Further word from the AAUP
has not been delivered.'
Although " neither side lFm the x
dispute seems entirely sure of the
other's case, it is possible- that
the censure Will be removed this
year.
* * *
PERPETUALS: Edtoaonal
theory fluctuates continually. This
year should prove no 'different.
Arguments 'will continue over the
,relative worth of small classes vs.
large classes,. the relationship be-
tween science and the humanities,
the attitude (sometimes lethargi)
and responsibility (sometimes nil)
of the student, the place of Big
Ten athletics at the University,
and innumerable other issues."
The final answer to such ques-
tions may never be foulnd. As al-
ready suggested, a university can
never be static, but must keep ex-
perimenting, adapting to new
needs. This University will pre-
serve its dignity as the "mother
of* state universities" only if it
sheds signs of sluggishnes and
maintains a dynamic, free-wheel-
ing outlook.
POLITICS
Financial.
Problems
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F OR THE most part the state's
populace had long ago forgot-
ten their own preferences and

were just glad the whole situation
was more or less settled. They
were to find it neither settled nor
past.
The Democrats raised a consti-
tutional -question on the use tax,
pointing to a clause in the state
constitution which' forbids a sales
tax larger than three per cent; the
use tax's rate is four per cent.
No one knows what the decision
of the State Supreme Court will
be. Although it is "packed" with
Democrats, it would seem that
Williams would be reluctant to see
the use tax declared unconstitu-
tional.
For although he was compro-
mised into agreeing to it, it is
doubtful whether he would enjoy
seeing the state once more with-
out any sort of adequate taxation,
and it is even more doubtful that
he would be now able to get his
income tax passed.
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THE UNIVERSITY makes no

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